By guest contributor Jim Nickel, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Miami School of Law Reducing and regulating human movement is one of the most important ways of reducing
COVID-19 transmission and thereby limiting the spread of infection, illness, and... [...]
By Co- Editor Prof. Justine Dunlap Perhaps your Netflix queue recently has included catching up with Season 8 of Call the Midwife. The series is set in 1964 in Poplar, a poor
and working-class East London neighbor. Its storyline of... [...]
Après sa désastreuse décision du 26 mars, le Conseil constitutionnel veut évidemment redorer son blason. Une décision rendue sur question prioritaire de constitutionnalité
(QPC) le 3 avril 2020 reconnait en effet un "droit constitutionnel à l'accès aux documents administratifs", permettant au Conseil d'apparaître de nouveau comme [...]
March 31st was transgender visibility day. With the national focus on COVID-19, we see and hear less news about the ongoing personal and legislative attacks on sexual minorities.
An earlier post addressed the restriction of human rights during the epidemic... [...]
Deutschland hat ein Rassismusproblem. Das ist zwar keine Neuigkeit, aber spätestens seit den Vorfällen in Hanau wieder präsenter denn je. Die Bundesrepublik verletzt aktuell
nicht nur ihre Pflicht, Menschen vor Rassismus zu schützen, sondern diskriminiert auch aktiv selbst. [...]
The impacts of the novel coronavirus are being felt across the world, and in all domains of our lives, from physical and mental health, to job security, housing, and family
life. Existing inequalities are more visible than ever, with the... [...]
The impacts of the novel coronavirus are being felt across the world, and in all domains of our lives, from physical and mental health, to job security, housing, and family
life. Existing inequalities are more visible than ever, with the... [...]
For years, human rights activists in Detroit and elsewhere have argued that water shut-offs should not be the mechanism of choice for collecting on unpaid bills. Instead, water
should be recognized as a human right, not necessarily free to all,... [...]
Dans une ordonnance du 28 mars 2020, le Conseil d'Etat écarte une demande de référé-liberté formulée par le Syndicat des médecins d'Aix et région. Celui-ci lui demandait
d'enjoindre à l'Etat de prendre "toutes mesures utiles" pour fournir aux professionnels de santé des masques FFP2 et FFP3 notamment par la réquisition des stocks [...]
by Jim Nickel, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Miami School of Law, guest contributor How should we understand the relations between human rights and the severe measures
taken in many countries to combat the COVID19 pandemic? This question is... [...]
