Fast fashion is on the rise, and brands are coming up with trends and new collections faster than ever. They justify the need for more clothes at cheap prices, and an entirely new collection every season. But who pays the real price for cheap clothing?

Although what now seems to be in another lifetime, Brexit used to heavily dominate our headlines. The constant back-and-forth between Westminster and Brussels kept many on the edge of their seats, anticipating what life will be like once we finally leave the EU. However, less has been given to the impact this will have on our human rights, more specifically, LGBTQ+ rights. While there has been no dramatic change overnight, despite the transition period having passed, the EU can no longer be used as a preventative barrier to new laws or legislation being overturned.

The most recent legislative move towards fully-legalised abortion in Northern Ireland was hailed as a progressive step for women’s rights. Yet, not even a year after its passage in 2020, an attempt to stall and even reverse this progress has been made by the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), who are once again seeking to amend the law.

The election of President Joe Biden was supposed to release a fresh breath of air following the tumultuous four-year reign of Donald Trump. Yet at a recent CNN town hall in Milwaukee, Biden wilted at the opportunity to introduce drastic changes to tackle America's crippling student loan crisis, raising doubts about whether the new President is really a break from the status quo.

In the current world where COVID-19 is the biggest threat to most, Myanmar’s people are risking their lives on the streets, in their homes, and online to fight for their fundamental human rights.

With a promise to ‘best serve the cause of justice’, Karim Ahmad Khan was named the new chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, making him the future public face and chief strategist of the tribunal responsible for investigating grave national atrocities which demand supranational attention. Khan will be the third person to hold the job when he takes over from Fatou Bensouda, whose nine-year term ends on June 15.

“Now, a third appointment has been confirmed to the Supreme Court to replace the late liberal judge Ruth Bader Ginsberg: Amy Coney Barrett. Barrett is a favourite - little else can explain the dramatic rise of someone who until 2017 had never sat as a justice. “

Coronavirus has led to changes in the way a variety of things are done. This includes voting.  As a result of the pandemic a record number of Americans are expected to make use of postal voting. In addition to the obvious delays in counting, a drastic increase in mail-in ballots could have the impact of opening the floodgates of litigation, requiring the Supreme Court to take action, which could have decisive consequences for the result of the election.

Ruth Baber Ginsburg will go down in history as a legal pioneer, feminist icon and above all a beacon of American progress. If you were to trace her career, you would find the remnants of several glass ceilings.

In recent months, Brexit has taken a backseat in most people’s minds. Whilst the saga dominated political, legal and economic news after the decision to leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016, the matter has more recently played second fiddle to the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet, Brexit has once again come to the fore as a contentious issue in the lead up to the official end of the UK’s transition period at the end of December, as stipulated by the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement settled in November 2018.

Since 2004, the Safe Third-Country Agreement (STCA) has regulated the flow of migrants entering Canada from the US. However, the STCA may have run its course, according to a Federal Court ruling handed down in June.

The decision to scrap the tax follows decades of campaigning by various women’s groups for feminine products categorised by the European Union as “luxury” items, to be considered necessities.