HHRJ

Case Comment: Atamanchuk v. Russia (Application No. 4493/11) Stephanie Wayne Tung Tai[*]   Circumstances of the Case On March 1, 2008, a local Russian newspaper with a circulation of approximately 10,000 published an article written by the Applicant titled “Why I will not vote in these elections” (“the Article”). The contents of the Article included […]

#EndSARS: The Movement Against Police Brutality in Nigeria Allwell Uwazuruike[*]   Since the start of October, demonstrators in the thousands have thronged Nigerian cities, calling for an end to police brutality in the country and demanding justice for victims of police violence and extrajudicial killings. The #EndSARS protests have elicited global sympathy and support, with […]

Rule by Executive Decree: Constitutional Concerns in India Prashant Khurana & Parth Maniktala[*]   COVID-19 has spawned contact tracing efforts, thereby triggering the collection and processing of sensitive personal data across the world.[1] Legal protections surrounding this large-scale data collection are predominantly nascent, raising significant concerns about the precedent this sets for data privacy. In […]

Can Afghanistan Accept Amnesties for War Crimes in Peace Talks with the Taliban? Samantha Gogol Lint[*]   After six months of delays, the Afghan government and the Taliban have begun peace talks in Doha, Qatar.[1] The negotiations follow an initial agreement between the United States and the Taliban created in February 2020,[2] to which the […]