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The Right to Life between Absolute and Proportional Protection

Kai Möller , in his LSE Legal Studies Paper, writes that:
One of the puzzles of human and constitutional rights law is whether there are any rights which are absolute. The question is important not only for practical purposes but also for the theory of human and constitutional rights: an absolute right presents a departure from [...]

Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court stays activist prosecution

ZIMBABWE – In a rare Supreme Court ruling for Zimbabwe, the State treason case against Ms Jestina Mukoko, leader of the Zimbabwe Peace Project and prominent opposition activist, was permanently stayed on Monday (28/9). The Government had alleged that Mukoko, among others, had been involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the President Robert Mugabe’s regime. [...]