human rights

Legal Workshop on Pakistan’s Anti-Terrorism Legal Framework and Human Rights by RSIL at the Punjab Judicial Academy The Research Society of International Law (RSIL) in collaboration […]

Are Women’s Rights More Theoretical Than They Are As An Applicable Concept In Everyday Life? The concept of ‘women’s rights’ works to finish off the exclusion […]

Settlements In India-Held Kashmir In a recent and widely viewed online video, Burhan Wani made his case for targeting armed forces in India-held Kashmir (IHK) in […]

Licence To Kill Vigilante justice has become a norm in Pakistan. Supporters of vigilante justice justify their actions by quoting the poor law and order situation […]

The Contested Nature Of Human Rights The theme of the contested nature of human rights can be broken down into a number of related issues, which […]

Indian State Tightens Blockade of Kashmir as Media & Press Are Gagged by Police Forces Reports of repression continue as two of Kashmir’s biggest newspapers, the […]

The Richest Poor Man Is No More It is not every day that one comes across a man like Edhi. A legend in his own right, […]

Job Opening: Policy And Advocacy Officer At Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) Justice Project Pakistan is a human rights organisation that provides legal assistance to the most […]

Addressing The Legal Issues Around Surrogacy Being a mother and father is not as simple a concept as it seems to be. When a child is […]

Kenya Upholds Use Of Anal Exam To Determine Sexual Orientation A Kenyan Court has recently given a ruling allowing the use of anal examinations in order […]

IS Committing Genocide Against Yazidis: UN GENEVA: The militant Islamic State (IS) group is committing genocide against the Yazidis in Syria and Iraq to destroy the […]

Pakistan Seeks UN Rights Body’s Help On Drone Strikes Tehmina Janjua, Pakistan’s permanent representative at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva highlighted the consequences of the […]

Pakistan And The Rights Of The Child On 24-25 May, the Government of Pakistan was reviewed by the Committee on the Rights of the Child, regarding […]

Jirga’s Antidote Is Fair For A Functional Justice System In the absence of a fair and functional judicial system that can uphold the rule of law, […]

UN Urges Ireland To Amend Abortion Law In Ireland, abortion has not been allowed unless the life of the mother is in danger. The UN has […]

The Untouchables I woke up the other day and looked in the newspaper to search for updates on the incident that had taken place a few […]

No Honor In Honor Killings “A man remains a man no matter how poor his conduct. A woman, even if she were to deviate for one […]