Obvious though it may seem that equity and equality are not the same thing, they are often used interchangeably (or translated interchangeably) in many legal texts –including legislations aimed at implementing the principles set forth by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).

You may be wondering what Argentina’s 200th birthday has to do with laws and languages, honestly, when I set out to write this post I was wondering the same thing. Since I live in Argentina, I wanted to honor my country of residence with a little something on its big day and, as it turned [...]

Exactly one month ago today I published what I thought was an interesting little post about the legal and social consequences of a language conflict in the Middle East. The post was about the body of water that separates Iran from Saudi Arabia and all its names: The Gulf of Basra, the Arabian Gulf, the [...]

The country we are looking at is China, and the charge is “inciting to subvert state power” which can carry a sentence of up to 15 years in prison. Despite Article 35 of the Chinese Constitution which guarantees freedom of expression, in the last few years at least 29 people in China have been convicted [...]

In 2007, the International Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was probably one of the most respected scientific organizations in the world. As a result, it was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize because, there were many objective reasons for taking the Panel seriously as a non-political, fact-based organization. The reason was that it was conformed [...]

Some of you might remember a funny little post published in January about jurors in a death row case who sent the judge and bailiff chocolates in the shape of a penis and a pair of breasts. Well, in the case we’re looking at today, the picture speaks just as loudly but comes in the [...]

Only a few days ago, jurors hearing the 1993 murder trial of Marcus Wellons (currently a death row inmate) sent the judge and chief bailiff chocolate in the shape of a penis and pair of breasts.