This paper applies the rule of law test to emergency regulations adopted to combat a national disaster in South Africa. A declaration of a national state of disaster, such

as a pandemic, triggers emergency powers which enable the executive to mitigate the disaster, assist and protect the public, provide relief, and protect property. [...]

AbstractWith the limited initial availability of COVID-19 vaccines in the first months of 2021, decision-makers had to determine the order in which different groups were prioritized.

Our aim was to find out what normative approaches to the allocation of scarce preventive resources were embedded in the national COVID-19 vaccination schedules. [...]

AbstractThis comment approaches the subjectivity and justiciability of economic and social rights by analysing the recent jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human

Rights and the European Court of Human Rights. In line with Dzidek Kędzia’s contribution ‘The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights—The Power of [...]

AbstractThe Convention on the Rights of the Child celebrated its 30th birthday in November 2019. All Member States to the United Nations save one have ratified the convention

during the 30 years of its existence. Three Optional Protocols were added to the Convention. [...]

AbstractThe perception of the nature and standing of economic, social, and cultural rights (ESCR) has significantly changed and more than ever corresponds to the spirit and

letter of the 1993 Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action. However, it would be difficult to overlook the residual impact of the scepticism towards these rights. [...]

AbstractThe Convention on the Rights of the Child is the most widely ratified core United Nations human rights treaty. Does size matter for normativity and compliance? Size

does matter sometimes in a positive way: the quasi-universal ratification of the CRC gives that treaty unprecedented normative legitimacy and legal reach. [...]

AbstractThe role attributed to national human rights institutions is a key factor for the success of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, but it is not

the only one. This Comment highlights the unique success of the Convention and its causes: (1) a generalized paradigm shift from a philosophy of care to an individual [...]

AbstractWhile the original basic treaties establishing the European Communities were more or less silent on the need to respect human rights or fundamental rights, the Court

of Justice of the European Communities (now the European Court of Justice) gradually came to the understanding that the principle of primacy of Community law could [...]

AbstractLike almost no other international human rights protection system, the system of the European Convention on Human Rights is institutionally consolidated. The present

contribution briefly traces the genesis and development of the European Court of Human Rights and then turns to the examination of three challenges the Court is currently [...]