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The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part III- Advancing Equality

The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part III- Advancing Equality

United Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In the final post of this ‘Equality Agenda in 2015’ blog-series, Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC returns to confront ...

States are Bound to Consider the UN Human Rights Committee’s Views in Good Faith

States are Bound to Consider the UN Human Rights Committee’s Views in Good Faith

United Nations, Constitutions and Human Rights

The thorny question of implementation of the Views adopted by the UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) under the ...

UN Strategy to Combat Religious Intolerance, Discrimination and Violence: Is It Fit for Purpose?

UN Strategy to Combat Religious Intolerance, Discrimination and Violence: Is It Fit for Purpose?

United Nations, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, violence and discrimination against religious groups by ...

The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part II- Access to Justice

The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part II- Access to Justice

United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In the second instalment of Professor Sir Bob Hepple’s ‘Equality Agenda in 2015’ series, the focus turns to the ...

Día Internacional de las Mujeres: Las mujeres y las niñas luchan por la igualdad de género en las cortes

Día Internacional de las Mujeres: Las mujeres y las niñas luchan por la igualdad de género en las cortes

Botswana, Colombia, Spain, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

¿Qué mejor ocasión que el Día Internacional de las Mujeres para pedirle a los jueces y juezas que se hagan ...

International Women’s Day: Women and Girls Struggle for Equality in the Courts

International Women’s Day: Women and Girls Struggle for Equality in the Courts

Botswana, Colombia, Spain, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

What better time than International Women’s Day to embolden citizens to exercise their power over the judicial ...

Concerns about Greece from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance

Concerns about Greece from the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance

Greece, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI), a Council of Europe body monitoring problems of ...

The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part I- The Constitutional Issues

The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part I- The Constitutional Issues

United Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

This will be a year of political and constitutional turbulence for equality law. What changes can we expect after ...

Mainstreaming Disability in Development: The need for a Disability-Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda

Mainstreaming Disability in Development: The need for a Disability-Inclusive Post-2015 Development Agenda

United Nations, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

As a report by the World Health Organization indicates, around 15% of the world’s population, roughly 1 billion ...

The Emergence of Business and Human Rights in the EU’s External Relations

The Emergence of Business and Human Rights in the EU’s External Relations

European Union, Business and Human Rights

Globalization has provided for numerous opportunities for enterprises to contribute to the respect of human ...

Judicial Appointment of Women on the Decline in Canada and Australia

Judicial Appointment of Women on the Decline in Canada and Australia

Australia, Canada, Gender, Role of the Judiciary

While many countries have superficially committed to the goal of gender equality with a lot of noisy chatter about ...

Racial Discrimination Act and Free Speech– Carte Blanche or Fair and Reasonable – Where are Human Rights in all This?

Racial Discrimination Act and Free Speech– Carte Blanche or Fair and Reasonable – Where are Human Rights in all This?

Australia, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

Professor George Williams has noted ‘the fact that freedom of speech receives no general protection in Australian ...

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