In 2018, homosexuality was decriminalized in India. It was the result of a rights mobilization that started almost two decades ago. From the start, LGBT activists tried to influence society and the judges directly, not least through contact with other judges who happened to be gay. This article is a first attempt at understanding the […]

New article by  Jill Duerr Berrick, Joseph N. Roscoe and Marit Skivenes Professor Marit Skivenes and colleagues at UC Berkeley, USA, examine the normative basis for limiting parents’ freedom by exploring public attitudes about a child’s safety in the context of increasing risk in Norway and California (USA). Access the article here:

BLOGPOST by Liliia Oprysk Ukraine has been fighting the hybrid war with Russia since 2014. 1,5 million Ukrainians were forced to leave their homes in the east of Ukraine and in Crimea. For nearly a decade, they cannot return home. Since February 24th, Ukraine has been under heavy Russian military attack from the north, east, south […]

New article by  Jill Duerr Berrick, Joseph N. Roscoe and Marit Skivenes Professor Marit Skivenes and colleagues at UC Berkeley, USA, compare citizens’ rights orientations in context of child protection in Norway and California (USA). The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) emphasize the universality of human rights for all children, regardless of political, social, […]

New article by Jackie Dugard Against the backdrop of sustained critique of the South African Constitution, this article undertakes an empirical examination of post-apartheid transformative constitutionalism using the example of mineral rights adjudication. Focusing on a series of emblematic mineral rights cases tackling a range of transformation fault lines and interests, the article explores how […]

New book edited by Conrado Hübner Mendes, Roberto Gargarella, and Sebastián Guidi. Several LawTransform affiliates have contributed to this book. This handbook is an authoritative introduction to the constitutional law landscape in Latin America, adopting a multi-jurisdictional approach to the analysis of constitutions and constitutional traditions in seventeen Latin American countries. The book sheds light […]

New article by LawTransform affiliate Ana Côrtes and her colleague Pedro Oliveira (University of Coimbra, Portugal). Persons with disabilities have historically occupied a vulnerable position in society. However, it was only after the Second World War that a sense of responsibility became stronger in the international community in order to prevent their rights from violations. […]