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analysis · 14 May 2026
Reading the new framework on administrative detention
The recently announced framework reshapes the procedural architecture of administrative detention in ways that deserve sustained attention. A close reading suggests three structural shifts worth tracking.
analysis · 7 May 2026
What the recent ruling on encryption means for civil liberties
A ruling that turns on a technical question has implications well beyond its immediate context. What the case actually decided, and what it merely raised, repays careful attention.
analysis · 30 Apr 2026
Three lessons from comparative emergency-powers law
Comparative work on emergency-powers regimes is often read for its conclusions. The methodological lessons it offers — about case selection, sources, and the limits of comparison — are easier to overlook.
analysis · 23 Apr 2026
The methodology behind our latest report
A short note on how we selected jurisdictions, sourced materials, and verified findings in the Institute's recent comparative Report — and on the questions the methodology leaves open.
article · 16 Apr 2026
Institute publishes comparative emergency-powers database
The Institute has published its comparative emergency-powers database — 24 jurisdictions, structured tagging across five procedural features. The database is openly licensed and supports researchers, practitioners, and legislators.
article · 6 Apr 2026
Notes from our spring research convening
The Institute's spring convening brought together fellows and practitioners for three days of structured discussion on evidentiary standards, methodology, and the state of comparative work in the region.
article · 22 Mar 2026
Welcoming new fellows to the Institute
We are pleased to welcome three new fellows whose work strengthens the Institute's research portfolio across surveillance, evidentiary standards, and comparative emergency-powers law.
statement · 12 Mar 2026
A note on judicial independence
Judicial independence is a maintained relationship, not a static property. Reform agendas that compress the structural features sustaining that relationship merit close, public attention.
statement · 25 Feb 2026
Our position on the proposed surveillance bill
The Institute has reviewed the proposed surveillance bill and recorded its principal concerns regarding procedural review, authorisation standards, and the institutional architecture of oversight.
interview · 15 Feb 2026
Evidence, slowly: in conversation with Dr. Sara Habib
Dr. Sara Habib on the discipline of evidentiary practice in transitional contexts — the slow work of provenance, the importance of recorded doubt, and what the field still has to learn.
interview · 31 Jan 2026
The work of public reasoning: a conversation
Three of the Institute's fellows on the procedural architecture of public reasoning — what it requires, what it constrains, and why documenting reasoning matters beyond particular decisions.
press release · 21 Jan 2026
Institute publishes inaugural report
Jathwa Institute today publishes its inaugural Report, opening the Institute's published research agenda on due process, emergency-powers law, and the procedural architecture of accountability.
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