Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism - <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/law">Faculty of Law</a> /humanrights/articles/rss en Sentinels of Democracy: Confronting the Global Crisis on Press Freedom /humanrights/article/sentinels-democracy-confronting-global-crisis-press-freedom &lt;p&gt;In a world where truth is increasingly under siege, journalists find themselves as torchbearers for free speech.&lt;/p&gt; Wed, 21 Aug 2024 18:12:39 +0000 Souniya Dhuldhoya 2685 at /humanrights Gender Disparities In Organ Donation And Transplantation In India: A Call For Equality /humanrights/article/gender-disparities-organ-donation-and-transplantation-india-call-equality &lt;p&gt;The 2021 statistics &lt;a href=&quot;https://drive.google.com/file/d/10WSycFMxXonRLzlVDU8egUMrBmcT1pr6/view?usp=sharing&quot;&gt;report&lt;/a&gt; of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) of India has brought attention to a significant gender disparity: 80% of organ recipients were male, while, 75% of organ donors were female.&lt;/p&gt; Tue, 14 May 2024 14:51:00 +0000 Manvitha B S 2684 at /humanrights The End of a Dream? The Rise and Fall of India’s Secular Constitutionalism /humanrights/article/end-dream-rise-and-fall-indias-secular-constitutionalism &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Originally published by Verfassungsblog. Find the original publication of the blog post &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a-dream/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“&lt;i&gt;I do not expect India of my dream to develop one religion, i.e., to be wholly Hindu, or wholly Christian, or wholly Musalman, but I want it to be wholly tolerant, with its religions working side by side with one another.&lt;/i&gt;”&lt;a href=&quot;#_ftn1&quot; name=&quot;_ftnref1&quot; title=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;_ftnref1&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 09 May 2024 14:23:33 +0000 Vrinda Narain 2683 at /humanrights How Feminist Constitutionalism Embraces Diversity: Challenging Quebec’s Bill 21 /humanrights/article/how-feminist-constitutionalism-embraces-diversity-challenging-quebecs-bill-21 &lt;p&gt;Originally published by I-CONnect, the Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law. Find the original publication &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iconnectblog.com/symposium-feminist-constitutionalism-part-iii-how-feminist-constitutionalism-embraces-diversity-challenging-quebecs-bill-21/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:40:54 +0000 Vrinda Narain 2682 at /humanrights A Commentary On The Provisions Of The African Union Convention For The Protection And Assistance Of Internally Displaced Persons In Africa /humanrights/article/commentary-provisions-african-union-convention-protection-and-assistance-internally-displaced &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;INTRODUCTION &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:45:47 +0000 Dr Omotunde Enigbokan 2660 at /humanrights Regressive Step Instead of Progressive One, Disregard to Human Rights: De(Criminalisation) of Marital Rape /humanrights/article/regressive-step-instead-progressive-one-disregard-human-rights-decriminalisation-marital-rape &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unfortunately, despite being the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2014/538956/EPRS_ATA(2014)538956_REV1_EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;biggest democracy&lt;/a&gt; in the world India is one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.news18.com/news/india/marital-rape-is-not-a-crime-in-32-countries-one-of-them-is-india-4130363.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;few countries&lt;/a&gt; in the world that still doesn’t criminalises marital rape and explicitly decriminalises it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.indiacode.nic.in/show-data?actid=AC_CEN_5_23_00037_186045_1523&amp;lt;/body&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:16:49 +0000 Shelal L. Rajput 2658 at /humanrights Unveiling Equality: The Transformative Role of the Parliament in Recognising Same-Sex Marriages in India /humanrights/article/unveiling-equality-transformative-role-parliament-recognising-same-sex-marriages-india &;;2&;;ԳٰǻܳپDz&;;/2&;; Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:22:39 +0000 Himanshi Srivastava &amp; Siddharth Chaturvedi 2651 at /humanrights Call for Student Papers /humanrights/article/call-student-papers &lt;p&gt;The current moment in history poses new difficulties and opportunities for LGBTI rights and activism worldwide. The theme of ILGA-Europe’s 2023 Annual Conference – Rising to the Moment – asks how to build resilience, capacity, and unity within the movement in order to confront both internal and external pressures to activism and advocacy.&lt;/p&gt; Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:35:04 +0000 CHRLP 2648 at /humanrights Open call for blog posts: “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Human rights protection in a fragile multilateral order” /humanrights/article/open-call-blog-posts-universal-declaration-human-rights-75-human-rights-protection-fragile &lt;h2&gt;Some reflections on the theme:&lt;/h2&gt; Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:44:21 +0000 CHRLP 2634 at /humanrights A Critique of Latin American National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights /humanrights/article/critique-latin-american-national-action-plans-business-and-human-rights &lt;p&gt;Latin America is plagued by cases of gross human rights violations perpetrated by businesses. Although some countries have developed policies called &lt;strong&gt;National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights, or NAPs&lt;/strong&gt;, these mechanisms have been largely ineffective and need serious reform.  &lt;/p&gt; Tue, 02 May 2023 16:09:16 +0000 By Luis Chinchilla 2623 at /humanrights