The Parklands Diary

                                                                  Image on Google Introduction Health is an important socio-economic right, indispensable for the exercise of other human rights. It is a right that is subject to immediate realization as opposed to progressive realization like other socio-economic rights. The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) under General Comment No. 14 asserts that every human being is entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health conducive to living a life of dignity. [1] The right to a good quality, woman-centered maternal health care is universal is connected to other fundamental human rights. [2] Central to the provision of quality maternal care is the issue of whether pregnant and laboring women are treated by health providers in ...

                                                  Image from Google This article examines the need for a new BRICS currency and whether it will lead to significant de-dollarization of international trade. The BRICS bloc is an intergovernmental organization consisting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. Formed in 2006, the group was formed to bring together the world's most important developing countries, to challenge the political and economic power of the wealthier nations of North America and Western Europe. One of its main goals is to develop a new currency to coincide with the local currencies for cross-border trade. This is towards an effort to ditch the US Dollar in international trade. In the most recent BRICS convention, the organization laid out some options under consideration for the currency, including using gold as a peg for a new pot...

                                                              Image from Google The goal of sentencing in the judicial system is multifaceted, aiming at retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, restorative justice, community protection, and denunciation. [1] These goals, however, can sometimes be in conflict, raising critical questions about how they are achieved through judicial decisions. This blog reviews how the Kenyan Judiciary has addressed these issues, particularly focusing on the transformative jurisprudence regarding the unconstitutionality of life imprisonment. Globally, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) asserts that the primary objectives of imprisonment should be the reformation and social rehabilitation of the criminal. [2] This sets a foundational principle that punishment should offer...