Dr Dimitrina Petrova is the founding Executive Director of the Equal Rights Trust.
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Visa to Europe: The Convertible Currency of Human Rights in Ukraine
For almost two years the world has watched as the West and Russia have battled over competing visions for Ukraine’s future which have left the country divided. Reports continue to tell of deteriorating conditions in the pro-Russian ...
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law and our cultural wars
Future historians will reference the developments around Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law as a textbook example of a proxy battle fought within the ongoing cultural wars of our time: a legal and political confrontation, in a remote ...
Does Affirmative Action Create Unfair Advantage?
Affirmative action, also known as positive action, is a controversial issue in many contexts.
For example, Black economic empowerment and employment equity measures have come under attack in South Africa; racial criteria in ...
Evolving Strasbourg Jurisprudence on Domestic Violence: Recognising Institutional Sexism
As part of a broader feminist critique of the European Convention on Human Rights, it has been argued that Article 14 of the ECHR (freedom from discrimination) has not been useful in advancing women’s equality due to its reliance on a ...
