Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism - <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/law">Faculty of Law</a> /humanrights/articles/rss en How can Consent Managers help to transform digital rights in India /humanrights/article/how-can-consent-managers-help-transform-digital-rights-india <p>The <a href="https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/259889.pdf">Digital Personal Data Protection Rules, 2025</a> (“DPDP Rules, 2025”) were finally released by the <a href="https://www.meity.gov.in/">Ministry of Information Technology and Electronics</a> (“Meity”) on 3rd January 2025. These rules complement the <a href="https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Digital%20Personal%20Data%20Protection%20Act%202023.pdf">Digital Personal Data Protection Act, of 2023</a> (“DPDP Act, 2023”).</p> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:40:15 +0000 Siddharth Chaturvedi 2872 at /humanrights Toronto’s Narrowing Bike Paths: How Ford is Widening Roadways with Bill 212 /humanrights/article/torontos-narrowing-bike-paths-how-ford-widening-roadways-bill-212 <p>Last November, the Ontario Progressive Conservative government of Doug Ford passed Bill 212, dubbed <a href="https://www.ola.org/en/legislative-business/bills/parliament-43/session-1/bill-212">‘The Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act</a><u>.</u>’ This bill aims to decrease commute times for those who drive to work. Many are critical of the Premier’s move because it ignores the best advice of urban planners which is <a href="https://supernet.isenberg.umass.edu/articles/braess-encyc.pdf">if you build more roads, then traffic will only worsen</a>.</p> Wed, 09 Apr 2025 19:35:46 +0000 Michael Kowalsky 2871 at /humanrights Women are at risk under Syria’s new government, and the international community must push for women’s rights /humanrights/article/women-are-risk-under-syrias-new-government-and-international-community-must-push-womens-rights <p>Originally published by The Conversation. Find the original publication <a href="https://theconversation.com/women-are-at-risk-under-syrias-new-government-and-the-international-community-must-push-for-womens-rights-246753">here</a>.</p> <p>As the international community celebrates the <a href="https://theconversation.com/how-israels-regional-war-contributed-to-the-fall-of-bashar-al-assad-in-syria-245651">fall of another dictatorship</a> following the collapse of Syria’s Assad regime, the future of women’s rights remains precarious.</p> Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:07:24 +0000 Vrinda Narain and Fatemeh Sadeghi 2708 at /humanrights ICC Fails to Deliver Conviction on First Ever Charge of Gender Persecution /humanrights/article/icc-fails-deliver-conviction-first-ever-charge-gender-persecution <p>From 2012-2013, the residents of Timbuktu, Mali lived under the control of Ansar Dine and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (“AQIM”). During this occupation and life under Sharia law, women and girls lived under the imposition of rules including a gender specific dress code and curfew. Penalties resulted in the detention of women and girls, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mali-icc-timbuktu-alqaida-e240f7e6bcd39a09c4eca23b3b260220">leading to rapes, beatings, and slavery</a>.</p> Tue, 21 Jan 2025 19:33:45 +0000 Laura Robinson 2703 at /humanrights Feeding On Scraps: A Fight For Dignity And Survival /humanrights/article/feeding-scraps-fight-dignity-and-survival Introduction Mon, 06 Jan 2025 17:50:42 +0000 Shreya Jindal 2700 at /humanrights Breaking Chains: A Quest for Justice in India’s Legal Battle over Sex Work /humanrights/article/breaking-chains-quest-justice-indias-legal-battle-over-sex-work <p>In India, sex work has been recognised as a “profession” by the Supreme Court of India in the landmark case, <a href="https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/taking-steps-to-ensure-sex-workers-rights/article65500371.ece"><i>Budhadev Karmaskar v State of West Bengal &amp; Ors,</i></a><i> </i>which affirmed that sex workers are entitled to a dignified life under <a href="https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/15240/1/constitution_of_india.pdf">Article 21</a> of the Indian Constitution.</p> Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:33:40 +0000 Manvitha B. S. 2699 at /humanrights Open call for blog posts: “Widening Justice Gaps in a Narrowing World” /humanrights/article/open-call-blog-posts-widening-justice-gaps-narrowing-world <p><b>Some reflections on the theme:</b> The rapid expansion of the international human rights corpus has been successful in legalization and standardization of human rights regimes across the world. However, despite increased legalization, monitoring, and standardization across various international and regional legal regimes, impunity for violations of human rights is rife, and in many cases, becoming worse. This impunity spans from the everyday struggles of individuals to access justice to the enforcement gap of International Criminal Court arrest warrants by Rome Statute signatories.</p> Fri, 01 Nov 2024 18:52:37 +0000 CHRLP 2696 at /humanrights Carving out Transgender Rights in New Indian Labour Codes /humanrights/article/carving-out-transgender-rights-new-indian-labour-codes <p>India’s new labour codes are set to take effect soon, however, they fall short of including transgender rights in their scheme. Globally, LGBTQIA+ workplace equality is at the center of this discussion, as was recently <a href="https://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/how-the-ilo-works/ilo-director-general/statements-and-speeches/WCMS_368652/lang--en/index.htm">emphasised</a> by International Labour Organization (“ILO”) Director-General Guy Ryder.</p> Fri, 27 Sep 2024 17:35:40 +0000 Poorva Sharma &amp; Vasujit Dubey 2689 at /humanrights Sentinels of Democracy: Confronting the Global Crisis on Press Freedom /humanrights/article/sentinels-democracy-confronting-global-crisis-press-freedom <p>In a world where truth is increasingly under siege, journalists find themselves as torchbearers for free speech.</p> 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 <p>The 2021 statistics <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/10WSycFMxXonRLzlVDU8egUMrBmcT1pr6/view?usp=sharing">report</a> 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.</p> Tue, 14 May 2024 14:51:00 +0000 Manvitha B S 2684 at /humanrights