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Dominic O'Sullivan - 10th February 2018
New Zealand celebrated its national day this week. Unlike Canada Day which marks the anniversary of the Canadian federation, or Australia Day which marks the anniversary of the establishment of a British penal colony, Waitangi Day (6 February) is the anniversary of an enduring political accommodation between the British Crown and the Maori people. National […]
Marta Rodriguez de Assis Machado - 9th February 2018
In the last decade, Brazil has experienced a dramatic change in the disputes between pro and anti abortion groups. A similar process of backlash to gender rights is happening across all Latin America. There’s an increasing pressure from conservative social movements to ban abortion totally and to revoke any kind of public policy based […]
Fiona de Londras - 8th February 2018
The Irish government has now announced that it will hold a referendum on repealing the 8th Amendment in 2018. Inserted in the Constitution in 1983, the 8th protects a constitutional foetal right to life which the state pledges to protect, as far as practicable, with due regard to the “equal right to life of the […]
Brenda Kelly - 6th February 2018
On February 6, UN International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the international community will condemn FGM. Who would disagree that FGM (the partial or total removal of female external genitalia or injury to female genital organs for cultural reasons) is not a great harm, violence against women and violation of human […]
Mari Takayanagi - 6th February 2018
The Representation of the People Act 1918 gave the UK Parliamentary vote to virtually all men and the first women on 6 February 1918, making 2018 one of the most important centenaries in the democratic history of the UK and Ireland. There are a host of celebrations planned to mark the centenary, from Vote […]
Alison Young - 5th February 2018
The previous three posts examined the reasons for retaining the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in UK law after Brexit, focusing on its broader, more modern protection of rights, the better remedy it provides, and the way that preserving the Charter would provide for a clearer protection of rights which were enacted in a more […]
Alison Young - 5th February 2018
The previous two posts argued that there were good reasons to retain the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in terms of the broader, more modern scope of rights that it protects, in addition to the better remedy it can provide. This post will examine the third and fourth reasons for preserving the Charter, its ability […]
Alison Young - 4th February 2018
The previous blog post drew attention to the way in which the scope of rights protected in the UK may be diminished post Brexit if the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights is not retained as part of domestic law. The second reason for retaining the Charter draws attention to the remedy provided when rights are […]
Alison Young - 2nd February 2018
This series of short blog posts will argue that there are four main reasons for allowing the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights to continue to have domestic effect in UK law. First, it provides a broader scope of rights than either the ECHR or the common law. Second, it provides a better remedy for a […]
Ligia De Jesús Castaldi - 1st February 2018
After having a full abortion ban for over 100 years and the lowest maternal mortality rate in Latin America, Chile created three non-punishable exceptions to its abortion ban in September of 2017, after the Senate approved, by a slim margin, legislation introduced by President Michelle Bachelet. Chile’s former abortion ban allowed only indirect, not direct […]
Daniel Cullen - 31st January 2018
Last month, UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Professor Philip Alston released a statement following his official visit to the United States. Beyond many issues around taxation, healthcare and housing, his report evaluated the impacts of new information technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), on the poorest Americans. One example given was the […]
Elaine Wilson - 30th January 2018
The U.S. tax reform law is dangerous for poor and lower middle-class families. Superficially, this legislation may seem to benefit low income workers – that is exactly why it is so dangerous. Just like the wolf in sheep’s clothing, the benign (or even beneficial) immediate impact of the bill temporarily disguises its deeply troubling long-term consequences. […]