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Debating in the shadow of the United States’ presidential elections
Electoral College and Faithless Electors As the United States’ presidential elections come to a close and Americans finish counting the...
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Dec 19, 20206 min read
UK counter-terrorism legislation – justifiable neither in principle, nor in practice
In any area of law designed to deal with threats to national security, the concern is that for the state ‘the gloves come off and...
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Dec 14, 202011 min read
Abortion Bans: Are they effective in achieving legislators’ aims?
‘Myślę, czuję, decyduję’ (translation: ‘I think, I feel, I decide’) – in the midst of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Poland...
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Nov 24, 20207 min read
Human Rights Under Attack
The Hungarian and Polish Rule of Law Crisis: why should we worry? As the Coronavirus takes force and hits the European continent twice as...
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Nov 20, 20205 min read
The Harsh Realities of Asylum Seeking in Japan
In 2017, Japan received 19,628 refugee applications but granted asylum to only 20 people [1]. While 45 people were permitted to stay...
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Mar 2, 20208 min read
Should we rely on pro bono to keep the rule of law afloat?
Without a system that allows people to assert their rights or defend themselves against the state, there is no rule of law. Without a...
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Feb 10, 20208 min read
Oppression or assimilation? Examining the relationship between Uighurs and the Chinese state.
“If you do not pray, you will be in hell and God will not forgive you...You cannot eat food prepared by women who do not pray, you cannot...
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Jan 13, 20209 min read
LWOB: Human Rights & Commercial Law Symposium #1
The LWOB LSE’s third flagship symposium sparks debate between Human Rights experts and Commercial Law and Business representatives, in...
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Dec 5, 20194 min read
Interpretative obligation or declaration of incompatibility? Towards a coherent approach
A post by Jason Lin A. Introduction The Human Rights Act 1998 (the “HRA”) has fundamentally altered the human rights adjudication...
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Oct 21, 201912 min read
The state of human rights in the ASEAN region: an examination of key instruments and mechanisms
A post by Jin Qin Lim Introduction In recent years, the region occupied by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has been...
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Oct 21, 20196 min read
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