-
Professor Penelope Andrews Participates in International Peace Institute Panel
Global Justice Center; Rawadari; Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security; and Permanent Missions of Mexico and Malta
March 8, 2024
For International Women’s Day on March 8, John Marshall Harlan II Professor of Law Penelope Andrews, Director of the NYLS Racial Justice Project, joined a significant panel discussion hosted by the International Peace Institute (IPI) in collaboration with the Malala Fund and the Atlantic Council. The discussion addressed the reality of Afghan women and girls facing systematic oppression under Taliban rule, and highlighted the global efforts being made to ensure justice for these abuses.
The panelists, including Nobel Peace Laureate Malala Yousafzai and other human rights experts and diplomats, shed light on the crimes perpetrated by the Taliban and emphasized the urgent need for international recognition and action. As an internationally renowned expert on gender, apartheid, and law, Professor Andrews addressed the systemic denial of civil and political rights for women in Afghanistan.
“It’s not just garden-variety discrimination against women, which we see everywhere, including in this country. It’s more a system of oppression and a vicious system of eviscerating people’s lives,” said Professor Andrews. “We should recognize that by calling [gender apartheid] what it is, we can create the conditions for people to be able to live dignified lives.”
-
Professor Penelope (Penny) Andrews Honouring Professor David McQuoid-Mason’s 50th Anniversary
University of KwaZulu-Natal
November 25, 2022
-
Leaked Document Suggests U.S Supreme Court May Overturn Abortion Rights
SABC News
May 3, 2022
A leaked draft decision of the United States Supreme Court that would overturn the federal right to abortion will likely unleash a tsunami of political activity in the country. So says constitutional legal scholar, Professor Penelope Andrews, after news website Politico obtained and published a copy of an initial draft opinion circulated inside the nation's highest Court. In its analysis, Politico reports that the document is an unflinching repudiation of the 1973 Roe vs Wade decision to guarantee federal constitutional protections to abortion rights, and a decision in a separate case in 1992 that largely maintained a woman's right to choose. Andrews also warns that the unprecedented leak will impact the way Americans view the legitimacy of the Court.
-
Impacts of ConCourt's Latest Decision on Zuma Rescission Application Unclear
SABC News
August 7, 2021
A former Acting High Court Judge and Law Professor says it's unclear what impacts the latest decision by the Constitutional Court will have on the final outcome of the rescission application of former President Jacob Zuma. The country's highest court today asked the legal teams of the former President, the State Capture Commission and other interested parties to make submissions by August 18th on whether its decision to hold Zuma in contempt of court and imprison him should be considered in terms of the UN International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - a treaty to which South Africa is a party to. Sherwin Bryce-Pease spoke with Professor Penelope Andrews of New York Law School.
-
Distinct Similarities Drawn with SA’s Recent Unrest and the Riots on Capitol Hill in Washington
SABC News
July 21, 2021
A US-based constitutional law expert has affirmed the view that South Africa recently experienced an attempted insurrection and has drawn distinct similarities with the riots on Capitol Hill in Washington on January 6th. Professor Penelope Andrews of New York Law School believes the riots, looting and arson in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng were part of a broader attempt to render the country ungovernable and in an effort to thwart a legal process that landed former President Jacob Zuma behind bars for contempt of court. Similarly, rioters in Washington sought to stop the legal process of certifying Joe Biden's Presidential win, rendering former President Donald Trump a one-term President and thereby exposing him to greater legal scrutiny.
-
Trump Legal Claims Are Very Weak, Flimsy: Andrews
SABC News
A constitutional law expert in the United States says the legal challenges being pursued by the campaign of President Donald Trump to undercut the election result are weak and have slim chances of success. Professor Penelope Andrews of New York Law School, in conversation with the SABC's Sherwin Bryce-Pease, indicated her belief that this was merely a delaying tactic by the President while the legal basis for his claims in various challenges across several states won't stand up to constitutional muster.
-
Tributes pour in for the U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: Prof. Penelope Andrews
SABC News
As tributes continue to pour in following the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump has made it clear that he expects the Republican-controlled Senate to fill her vacancy without delay. The iconic justice, who served in the court for more than 27-years lost her battle to cancer at the age of 87 on Friday. In a statement, Trump said the nation mourned the loss of a titan of law. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote that Ginsburg paved the way for so many women, while former President Barack Obama called her a relentless litigator and an incisive jurist.
Here's Sherwin Bryce-Pease in conversation with New York Law School Professor Penelope Andrews about the implications of Ginsburg's death.
-
‘Cry the Beloved Country: George Floyd and America’s Continuing Racial Tragedy’
Queen Mary University of London
Jul 2, 2020
The President of the Law and Society Association (and currently Queen Mary University of London HSS Distinguished Visiting Professor) Penelope Andrews hosted a round table discussion at the School of Law entitled: ‘Cry the Beloved Country: George Floyd and America’s continuing racial tragedy.’ The virtual one-hour round table is centered on police brutality, structural racial inequalities, inequities in the criminal justice system, and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on communities of colour. Professor Penelope Andrews (New York Law School) is joined by: Professor Kendall Thomas, from Columbia Law School Dr Tanzil Chowdhury ( QMUL) Professor Kirk Burkhalter, from New York Law School (a former NYPD police detective and a progressive voice on police reform)
Printing is not supported at the primary Gallery Thumbnail page. Please first navigate to a specific Image before printing.
