Efforts to develop a global carbon market are often discussed in terms of climate science, project methodologies, and carbon pricing. However, the creation of a functioning international market is, to a significant extent, a legal undertaking. Kenya’s recently released carbon-market
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Challenge to citizenship refusal under section 3(1) by stateless children refused for lack of supporting evidence
A recent High Court decision to refuse a judicial review challenge serves as a clear reminder that discretionary registration applications turn on the strength of the evidence provided. The claimants, two stateless children born in Kenya, argued that the Home
AI at Work Is a Global Governance Stress Test
Artificial intelligence at work is not merely a productivity story; it is a governance stress test. Unlike earlier waves of automation, which displaced routine, codifiable tasks, contemporary AI reaches into nonroutine, judgment-heavy work—drafting, summarizing, scheduling, retrieving information, maintaining code—the cognitive
Jurisdiction over Meta Inc. in Kenyan courts – three ongoing lawsuits
by <a Toussaint Nothias, NYU
This post provides a brief overview of three lawsuits currently ongoing in Kenya against Meta Inc. It is based on remarks delivered during the <a Decolonial+Digital Law conference at the University of Montreal (26
This post provides a brief overview of three lawsuits currently ongoing in Kenya against Meta Inc. It is based on remarks delivered during the <a Decolonial+Digital Law conference at the University of Montreal (26
Global Freedom of Expression, Columbia University: Newsletter, 2 July 2026
Columbia Global Freedom of Expression seeks to contribute to the development of an integrated and progressive jurisprudence and understanding on freedom of expression and information around the world. It maintains an extensive database of international case law. This is
Uganda urged to conduct investigation into detention and deportation of Kenya lawyer
Amnesty International on Tuesday urged Ugandan authorities to investigate the detention and subsequent deportation of prominent Kenyan human rights lawyer Martha Karua, which the organization described as politically motivated.
Amnesty International’s regional director for East Africa, Tigere Chagutah, stated: “Martha
Taiwan dispatch: Ministry condemns China after Kenya blocks delegates from Ocean Conference
Taiwan withdrew from the 2026 Our Ocean Conference (OOC) held in Mombasa, Kenya, on June 16, after two Taiwanese delegates were denied entry to the conference, and later detained by authorities for over 20 hours. Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Kenya Law Society files contempt of court application against government
The Katiba Institute (KI), together with the Law Society of Kenya (the Law Society), filed a contempt of court application in the High Court of Kenya in Nairobi on Wednesday against the Kenyan government for “openly, wilfully, deliberately, and contumaciously
Kenya dispatch: High Court strikes down law criminalizing consensual sex among teenagers
On May 20, Nairobi’s Milimani High Court issued a landmark ruling in Petition E490/2025 that fundamentally reshapes how Kenyan law treats consensual sex among minors. In a judgment delivered by Justice Bahati Mwamuye, the court held that applying Sections
Kenya dispatch: High Court suspends US-backed Ebola quarantine facility
Justice Nyaundi of Nairobi’s Milimani High Court on May 29 issued an urgent conservatory order suspending any move to establish the planned US-backed Ebola quarantine center. The conservatory order was granted following a petition by the Katiba Institute, barring