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Police Brutality in the United States (with Shea Streeter)

Police Brutality in the United States (with Shea Streeter)

United States of America, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Race

This episode is part of a four-part series in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. In this episode, we talk ...

Should All Male Prisoners be Required to Have Their Hair Cut?

Should All Male Prisoners be Required to Have Their Hair Cut?

Hong Kong, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

In the judgment handed down by the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (‘CFA’) on 27 November 2020 (Leung Kwok Hung v ...

Shaping the Future-Trailer

Shaping the Future-Trailer

Gender, Sexual and Reproductive Rights

Shaping the Future is a documentary series spans 5 episodes, covering sexual and reproductive health rights in ...

Is Christmas really ‘for everyone’?

Is Christmas really ‘for everyone’?

In an article criticising the notion that the government will be determining the scope of permissible private ...

B and C v. Switzerland: Assessing the Risk of Ill-Treatment against LGBTIs in Deportation Cases

B and C v. Switzerland: Assessing the Risk of Ill-Treatment against LGBTIs in Deportation Cases

Gambia, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation

On 17 November 2020, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) delivered B and C v. Switzerland, a case ...

Municipio de Mariana Ors v BHP Plc BHP Ltd – “access [to justice] denied”

Municipio de Mariana Ors v BHP Plc BHP Ltd – “access [to justice] denied”

Brazil, United Kingdom, Business and Human Rights

On 09 November 2020, Mr Justice Turner of the High Court, handed down a judgment that denied the jurisdiction of ...

The constitutionality of section 10 of the South African Equality Act: a case for balancing the rights to equality, dignity and freedom of expression

The constitutionality of section 10 of the South African Equality Act: a case for balancing the rights to equality, dignity and freedom of expression

South Africa, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression, Sexual Orientation

Section 10 of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (“the Equality Act”) has not ...

South African Constitutional Court declares exclusion of domestic workers from occupational injury legislation to be unconstitutional

South African Constitutional Court declares exclusion of domestic workers from occupational injury legislation to be unconstitutional

South Africa, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination,

On 20 November 2020, the South African Constitutional Court delivered judgment in Mahlangu v Minister of Labour ...

COVID-19 pandemic exposes cost of MENA governments’ lack of human rights standards for businesses

COVID-19 pandemic exposes cost of MENA governments’ lack of human rights standards for businesses

Middle East, North Africa, Business and Human Rights, COVID-19

The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) continues to stand out as a region with repeated and serious abuses of ...

Forgetting liberté: France’s new security law imperils freedom of expression

Forgetting liberté: France’s new security law imperils freedom of expression

France, Right to Freedom of Speech and Expression

On Saturday 21 November, despite a nationwide lockdown, thousands took to the streets across France to protest the ...

Pakistan and disability law – The dawn of a more inclusive society?

Pakistan and disability law – The dawn of a more inclusive society?

Pakistan, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Until the summer of this year, Pakistan did not have any adequate state legislation or any other mechanism in ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Reading of the Fair Housing Act: An Interpretive Approach Aligned with Legislative Policy

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Reading of the Fair Housing Act: An Interpretive Approach Aligned with Legislative Policy

United States of America, Judges' Legacy, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing, Socio-Economic Rights

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court produced a limited but meaningful body of work in fair ...

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