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The Pelicot Trial: France’s Opinion on Consent
One of France’s most influential rape survivors, Gisèle Pelicot, was recently awarded justice for the abhorrent crimes she endured, but...
Hannah McKimm
Feb 24 min read
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COP27 misses an opportunity to create a strategy for climate migrants
Submitted by guest writer Lia Mordezki 2022 saw Egypt host COP27 in Sharm-El-Sheikh. Leaders worldwide, and 36 private jets, arrived...
Lia Mordezki
Feb 10, 20234 min read
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Are protestors terrorists?
Terrorism is a global issue which has spread its claws in various forms. However, the absence of a definition for ‘terrorism’ has...
Nuwani Nirmani Rathugama
Feb 7, 20236 min read
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Protection or Prevention? Coercive Control Legislation and its Impact on NI
With the new legislation concerning the criminalisation of coercive control in Northern Ireland finally coming into effect this year,...
Rebecca Carlin
Jan 16, 20236 min read
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The Troubles Bill and the Violation of Justice in Northern Ireland
I’ve always hated the word the Troubles. It’s strange to think that in any other place, what Northern Ireland experienced would have been...
Niamh Docherty
Jan 7, 20235 min read
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War on Woke: The Rise of Anti-Transgender Legislation
This November we globally celebrated the 23rd annual Transgender Awareness Week; giving a platform to trans voices and remembering those...
Ben Matchett
Jan 2, 20235 min read
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A Stain on the Beautiful Game: The Human Cost of Qatar 2022
So far, in terms of football, the Qatar World cup has been a joy to watch. From Saudi Arabia beating Argentina, to Japan defeating Spain...
Joseph Mac Aoidh
Dec 7, 20223 min read
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In the Wake of the Murder of Sarah Everard: Do Institutions and the Law Go Far Enough?
By: Holly Nesbitt In the wake of the murder of Sarah Everard and the sentencing of the man who killed her, there was widespread debate...
Verdict
Mar 28, 202212 min read
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A Matter of Intergenerational Prejudice: Tattoos and Employment Law
By: Tina ZhiYu Ye In the U.K and elsewhere, employers have every right to reject applicants, or dismiss existing employees, solely on the...
Verdict
Feb 17, 20228 min read
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A Timeline of Abortion in Northern Ireland from A Legal Perspective
By: Holly Nesbitt 1861: Offences Against the Person Act 1861 - Going back 160 years, abortion was historically governed across the United...
Verdict
Feb 1, 20228 min read
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Moving the Needle: Drugs and Peace in Northern Ireland
In April 1998, the Belfast (Good Friday) Agreement brought a new era of peace to Northern Ireland.[1] Twenty-three years on, tensions...
Verdict
Dec 11, 20217 min read
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Ally or Foe? Analysing Judicial Attitude on UK Trans Rights Cases
By Tina ZhiYu Ye “I’m fighting for the right to say men can never be women” proclaimed Maya Forstater after her vindictive victory at the...
Verdict
Dec 7, 202110 min read
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The End of Legal Aid? APPG on Legal Aid Report: it is "not financially viable"
By: Emily Clothier Lawyers across the country are up in arms over the volatile future of legal aid, and it is clear the sector is in...
Verdict
Nov 17, 20219 min read
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The Amnesty, and the Investigative Obligations of Articles 2 and 3
By: Aimée Jenkins Dealing with the troubled past of Northern Ireland has proved a challenge for its people and governments for...
Verdict
Nov 14, 20219 min read
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Pottuvil to Polikandi: An Organised Cry For Help
By: Rithiga Rahulotchanan On 3rd February 2021, images of protestors in Sri Lanka wearing black headbands and clutching red and yellow...
Verdict
Apr 20, 20215 min read
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COVID-19 and Discrimination
By: Jasmine Hughes The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been labelled by some to be a "great leveller", hitting all socio-economic groups...
Verdict
Apr 4, 20215 min read
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The Mother and Baby Homes Tragedy: We Remember
By: Hannah McMurrough Following the publication of the report of the commission’s investigation into Irish mother and baby homes in...
Verdict
Mar 5, 20215 min read
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A Lockdown Within an Existing Open-Air Prison, The Palestinians and their Right to Life
By: Yusur Dalloul The Law States are obligated to respect, protect, and fulfill the right to health, under Article 12 of the...
Verdict
Jan 28, 20216 min read
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Indigenous Human Rights and Modern-Day Colonialism in Canada
By: Hannah McMurrough *image taken from Algonquin Territory website, captioned: Members of the Algonquin community hold a number of...
Verdict
Jan 14, 20214 min read
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The Infantilization of Women in Mainstream Media and Society
By: Tavisha Sood Throughout history, women’s physical appearance has been under dispute, constantly being altered, reshaped, redesigned...
Verdict
Jan 11, 20217 min read
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The ‘Fairy Tale’ of Informed Consent from Children
By Rithiga Rahulotchanan In a judgment delivered by the High Court earlier in early December, it was ruled that children under the age of...
Verdict
Dec 14, 20205 min read
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They Deserved Better – Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women from the Highway of Tears
By: Ryley Lopushinsky The definition of ‘highway’ provided by the Oxford Dictionary is, “a main road for traveling long distances,...
Verdict
Nov 23, 20205 min read
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War Waged on A Woman's Right To Choose
By: Tavisha Sood Around the world, abortion rights have always been a contentious issue and are constantly questioned, overruled or quite...
Verdict
Nov 18, 20207 min read
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Home or Place of Torture?
The surge in Domestic Violence Cases During Lockdown by Sarah McVeigh The UK went into lockdown on the 23rd March 2020, restricting...
Verdict
Nov 4, 20205 min read
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Justice, Domestic Violence and Human Rights- Critical Analysis of Opuz v Turkey [2009]
By Silvia Martins This essay analyses the jurisprudence (particularly the case of Opuz v Turkey[1]) of the European Court of Human Rights...
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Oct 22, 202010 min read
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Transgenerational Trauma: How The Diaspora Has Used The Genocide To Fuel A Revolution.
By: Rithiga Rahulotchanan Following the end of the civil war in Sri Lanka, the world saw an influx in the migration of Tamils to...
Verdict
Aug 25, 20205 min read
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A Right to Consent but a Wrong to Refuse? The Reality of a Child’s Ability to Make Medical Decisions
By: Ceejay Byrne (A 2020 LLB (HONS) Graduate Student) Although the idea that the patient should be ‘told what is about to be done to him’...
Verdict
Aug 21, 20208 min read
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