The Fine Balance — Surveillance, Security, and the Right to Privacy
by Arjun Harkauli†
human rights
A Contemporary Analysis of the Confluence of Natural Law and Natural Rights
by Ayush Tripathi* and Smriti Sharma**
NHRC directs Union Govt and Andhra Pradesh Govt to ensure provision of necessary nutrition to TB patients in Andhra Pradesh
The Commission was hearing a petition filed an advocate/social activist who highlighted the plight of TB patients suffering due to lack of adequate nutrition
“S. 12 is heart and soul of Domestic Violence Act”; Karnataka High Court directs Magistrates to decide applications within the mandated period of 60 days
In a clinical dissection of the Domestic Violence Act, 2005, the Karnataka High Court stated that the victims’ grievances such as maintenance or shelter etc., must be addressed with immediacy, which is why the legislation has mandated a specific time frame.
[LGBTQ+ Rights] | LGBTQ+ community have the Right to Freedom of Association, which includes the right to form an association of any kind: Supreme Court of Kenya
With a ratio of 3:2, the Supreme Court of Kenya delivered a significant decision by holding that it would be unconstitutional to limit the right to form association purely based on sexual orientation.
“Police cannot be accused of human rights violation at the drop of a hat”, Madras High Court quashes SHRC order
Madras High Court said that there are instances of human rights violation in police stations, but every instance of a casual police enquiry cannot be termed as human rights violation.
Towards a Rights-Based Approach to Abortion
by Erina Chatterjee*
Madras High Court| Prison administration needs to be reformed to create a better environment and prison culture to ensure that prisoners enjoy their right to dignified life
Madras High Court said that, while dealing with the issue involved in this public interest litigation, the following words of the South African anti-apartheid activist, Nelson Mandela resonate in their mind – “No one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. A nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but its lowest ones”.
Human Rights Day 2022
by Dr Puneet Pathak†
Lucknow University | National Seminar on Human Rights in Digital Age [December 10, 2022]
About Seminar: Human rights are a collection of standards that regulate how states and non-state entities treat individuals and groups
Termination of a Swiss national's widower's pension: ECHR finds no weighty and convincing reasons for such differential treatment on grounds of gender
“References to traditions, general assumptions or prevailing social attitudes in a particular country are insufficient justification for a difference in treatment on grounds of sex, whether in favour of women or men”
Pre-sentence hearing in Capital Punishment Cases: Mandatory or discretionary? CJI lead 3-judges Bench refers question to Constitution Bench
Supreme Court: In a suo motu case initiated to address the question as to whether the provision of pre-sentence hearing in capital
Madras High Court| LGBTQIA+ community sidelined from society’s mainstream for too long; Time for Tamil Nadu Government to frame guidelines to protect their rights
“If the Government is really willing and serious about the upliftment of persons belong to LGBTQIA+community, some urgency must be shown to finalise the policy and the rules.”
ILS Pune | Diploma in Human Rights & Laws [2022-23]
Reported by Khushi Agarwal
Call for Blogs | RGNUL’s CASIHR Human Rights Blog [Rolling Submissions]
Reported by Dikshi Arora
Patna High Court| Women have right to marry anyone of choice; Family/Societal Recognition not required under law
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) under Article 16 explicitly states that Men and Women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality, or religion, have the right to marry and form a family. They are entitled to equal rights to marriage, during the marriage, and at its dissolution. A marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses.
Canada SC| Record screening process in sexual offence cases does not violate accused’s Charter-protected rights
[6:3 verdict] Canada Supreme Court: In the recent matter, the Canada Supreme Court, deliberated upon the matter of expanded rape
AFCHPR| Republic of Kenya directed to identify and demarcate the Ogiek ancestral land and make monetary reparations to the community for the moral and material prejudices suffered
African Court on Human and People’s Rights (‘AFCHPR’): While deciding the instant matter concerning the eviction of a Kenyan indigenous minority ethnic
“With sorrow—for this Court, but more, for the many millions of American women…we dissent.” Read SCOTUS dissent on Right to Abortion case
“After today, young women will come of age with fewer rights than their mothers and grandmothers had”.
SCOTUS| United States’ Constitution does not confer any right to abortion; Roe v. Wade overruled after 49 years
Supreme Court of The United States: In a far-reaching decision concerning an American woman’s right to abortion, the Court held that the