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Human Rights, International Law Olivier De Schutter Human Rights, International Law Olivier De Schutter

Povertyism is a Major Obstacle to the Eradication of Poverty. It’s Time to Ban it.

United Nations Special Rapporteur, Olivier De Schutter calls for an end to ‘povertyism’ - the discrimination & negative attitudes that bar people in poverty from fully accessing their rights and for states to include socio-economic status as a suspect ground in national anti-discrimination frameworks.

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Human Rights, Constitutional Law Joshua Davis Human Rights, Constitutional Law Joshua Davis

Bwanya v Master of the High Court: Right for the Wrong Reasons

Bwanya v Master of the High Court was the first occasion on which the Constitutional Court expressly refused to follow one of its previous decisions. Joshua Davis considers the basis on which it did so and the implications for the doctrine of precedent, and argues that the judgment was ultimately right for the wrong reasons.

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International Law, Human Rights Sanya Samtani International Law, Human Rights Sanya Samtani

Remedying Copyright Discrimination at the South African Constitutional Court

On 12 May 2022, the South African Constitutional Court heard its first ever copyright discrimination matter brought by Blind SA, an organisation serving the interests of people with print and visual disabilities, on the basis that South Africa’s copyright laws unfairly discriminate against them and violate several constitutional rights.

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