Centre for Human Rights & Legal Pluralism - <a href="http://www.mcgill.ca/law">Faculty of Law</a> /humanrights/articles/rss en Gender Disparities In Organ Donation And Transplantation In India: A Call For Equality /humanrights/article/gender-disparities-organ-donation-and-transplantation-india-call-equality &lt;p&gt;The 2021 statistics &lt;a href=&quot;https://drive.google.com/file/d/10WSycFMxXonRLzlVDU8egUMrBmcT1pr6/view?usp=sharing&quot;&gt;report&lt;/a&gt; of the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organisation (NOTTO) of India has brought attention to a significant gender disparity: 80% of organ recipients were male, while, 75% of organ donors were female.&lt;/p&gt; Tue, 14 May 2024 14:51:00 +0000 Manvitha B S 2684 at /humanrights The End of a Dream? The Rise and Fall of India’s Secular Constitutionalism /humanrights/article/end-dream-rise-and-fall-indias-secular-constitutionalism &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Originally published by Verfassungsblog. Find the original publication of the blog post &lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://verfassungsblog.de/the-end-of-a-dream/&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;here&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;“&lt;i&gt;I do not expect India of my dream to develop one religion, i.e., to be wholly Hindu, or wholly Christian, or wholly Musalman, but I want it to be wholly tolerant, with its religions working side by side with one another.&lt;/i&gt;”&lt;a href=&quot;#_ftn1&quot; name=&quot;_ftnref1&quot; title=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;_ftnref1&quot;&gt;[1]&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Thu, 09 May 2024 14:23:33 +0000 Vrinda Narain 2683 at /humanrights How Feminist Constitutionalism Embraces Diversity: Challenging Quebec’s Bill 21 /humanrights/article/how-feminist-constitutionalism-embraces-diversity-challenging-quebecs-bill-21 &lt;p&gt;Originally published by I-CONnect, the Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law. Find the original publication &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.iconnectblog.com/symposium-feminist-constitutionalism-part-iii-how-feminist-constitutionalism-embraces-diversity-challenging-quebecs-bill-21/&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt; Fri, 12 Apr 2024 16:40:54 +0000 Vrinda Narain 2682 at /humanrights A Commentary On The Provisions Of The African Union Convention For The Protection And Assistance Of Internally Displaced Persons In Africa /humanrights/article/commentary-provisions-african-union-convention-protection-and-assistance-internally-displaced &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;INTRODUCTION &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ol&gt; Wed, 31 Jan 2024 19:45:47 +0000 Dr Omotunde Enigbokan 2660 at /humanrights Regressive Step Instead of Progressive One, Disregard to Human Rights: De(Criminalisation) of Marital Rape /humanrights/article/regressive-step-instead-progressive-one-disregard-human-rights-decriminalisation-marital-rape &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Unfortunately, despite being the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2014/538956/EPRS_ATA(2014)538956_REV1_EN.pdf&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;biggest democracy&lt;/a&gt; in the world India is one of &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.news18.com/news/india/marital-rape-is-not-a-crime-in-32-countries-one-of-them-is-india-4130363.html&quot; rel=&quot;noreferrer noopener&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;few countries&lt;/a&gt; in the world that still doesn’t criminalises marital rape and explicitly decriminalises it with &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.indiacode.nic.in/show-data?actid=AC_CEN_5_23_00037_186045_1523&amp;lt;/body&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; Tue, 23 Jan 2024 15:16:49 +0000 Shelal L. Rajput 2658 at /humanrights Unveiling Equality: The Transformative Role of the Parliament in Recognising Same-Sex Marriages in India /humanrights/article/unveiling-equality-transformative-role-parliament-recognising-same-sex-marriages-india &;;2&;;ԳٰǻܳپDz&;;/2&;; Mon, 04 Dec 2023 19:22:39 +0000 Himanshi Srivastava &amp; Siddharth Chaturvedi 2651 at /humanrights Call for Student Papers /humanrights/article/call-student-papers &lt;p&gt;The current moment in history poses new difficulties and opportunities for LGBTI rights and activism worldwide. The theme of ILGA-Europe’s 2023 Annual Conference – Rising to the Moment – asks how to build resilience, capacity, and unity within the movement in order to confront both internal and external pressures to activism and advocacy.&lt;/p&gt; Wed, 01 Nov 2023 14:35:04 +0000 CHRLP 2648 at /humanrights Open call for blog posts: “The Universal Declaration of Human Rights at 75: Human rights protection in a fragile multilateral order” /humanrights/article/open-call-blog-posts-universal-declaration-human-rights-75-human-rights-protection-fragile &lt;h2&gt;Some reflections on the theme:&lt;/h2&gt; Thu, 12 Oct 2023 22:44:21 +0000 CHRLP 2634 at /humanrights A Critique of Latin American National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights /humanrights/article/critique-latin-american-national-action-plans-business-and-human-rights &lt;p&gt;Latin America is plagued by cases of gross human rights violations perpetrated by businesses. Although some countries have developed policies called &lt;strong&gt;National Action Plans on Business and Human Rights, or NAPs&lt;/strong&gt;, these mechanisms have been largely ineffective and need serious reform.  &lt;/p&gt; Tue, 02 May 2023 16:09:16 +0000 By Luis Chinchilla 2623 at /humanrights A Child’s Right to Work? /humanrights/article/childs-right-work &lt;p&gt;On March 28 2023, Quebec’s Minister of Labour Jean Boulet introduced draft Bill 19 which aims to prohibit and penalize all work done by children under the age of 14 years, save for a few exceptions such as baby-sitting, paper rounds, work in the entertainment industry, or in small family businesses. The bill is to be adopted by the summer, but as it currently stands, there is no general minimum age to work in Quebec.&lt;/p&gt; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:46:52 +0000 Edward Van Daalen 2622 at /humanrights