On 17 March 2018, the New York Times and the Observer of London broke the news that the SCL Group and Cambridge Analytica used the data of 50 million Facebook users – without their knowledge or permission – to help the Trump campaign to influence the US elections. (The original New York Times article can […]
Category Archives: International Law
Children's Rights, Education, International Law, South Africa
Update: European Court to consider right to education
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During the course of today, 20 October 2016, the European Court of Human Rights will receive submissions drafted by the Legal Resources Centre, acting as an intervening third party in the case of KOSA v Hungary. In this case, Amanda Kosa, the applicant who is part of a minority group, is arguing that the Hungarian […]
Photo: LRC attorney Mandira Subramony with the Eastern Cape learners in their long walk to access education facilities in the province The LRC have been granted leave to intervene at the European Court of Human Rights, in a matter against the government of Hungary. The case of Amanda Kosa v Hungary challenges a possible infringement […]
On the 6 April 2016, the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) held a side event at the 58th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in Banjul, The Gambia. The side event discussed the United Nations proposed treaty on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights. The side event […]
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