This paper analyses the necessity of fundamental rights protection in EU context as well as its problems in terms of the transfer of sovereignty by the Member States to the EU. It next analyses the approach which the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) took in the famous 'Bosphorus' judgment...

This paper is, in part, a response to the NZPGLeJ Editor-in-Chief Herman Salton’s article, “‘Veiled Threats?’ Islam, Headscarves and Freedom of Religion in France and the United States”, which was published in the first issue of this journal. However, it moves beyond Salton’s article...

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) signature accomplishment was the creation of a statutory right to health care for the uninsured. The ambition and the degree of societal and political debate leading up to the Act’s passage suggests it is a “superstatute,” a rare breed of statute that...

Iran and Saudi Arabia are two of the most important countries in the Middle East. Not only do they enjoy the most abundant natural resources, but also have a geopolitical situation that makes their international attitude significant in terms of the East-West political-economic discourse. These...

This article presents an extensive and global survey on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the COVID-19 epidemic and a comprehensive discussion of the ethical and human rights implications of AI's deployment during the pandemic. AI applications contributed to the COVID-19...

This article was the Kirby lecture presented in March 2009 at the Southern Cross University in Sydney, Australia. Adrien Wing's keynote speech was in support of Australian retired Justice Michael Kirby's legacy that national courts can and should gain strength from international law. The author...

A Review Essay on the 2008 report of the UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the issue of human rights and Transnational corporations and other business enterprises, Professor John Ruggie to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Protect, Respect and Remedy: a Framework for...

A review of the scope, legality and enforceability This article aims to provide the reader with a critical analysis of the scope, legality and enforceability of The Right to Development the (RTD), more precisely of “the right to a process of development in which all rights and fundamental...

Noted animal law expert Michael Kaiser discusses the histories and methodologies of the Earth Liberation Front and the Animal Liberation Front. The paper also discusses the pros and cons of extra-legal activism. The author, Michael Kaiser, is president of the Kaiser Legal Group. His involvement...

The linkages between human rights and multilateral trade have been a subject of considerable debate in the last decade or so. The emergence of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 as the nodal agency for multilateral trade in goods and services led to its intrusion into many issues that...