Working time and Brexit: Bad Karma?European Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Labour RightsImagine a Karmic invitation to be reborn as a piece of employment legislation. It is very likely that the Working ...
Conscientious Objection or Oppression: That is the QuestionUruguay, Abortion, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual and Reproductive RightsOn 11th of August last year, the Supreme Administrative Court of Uruguay issued a judgment that recognises the ...
Brexit and the Rights of Casual Workers – Tightroping Without a Safety NetEuropean Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Labour RightsAgainst the chorus of ‘scaremongers’ suggesting that Brexit would have disastrous consequences for workers ...
The Hillsborough 96 and the Struggle for Truth and JusticeUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Right to LifeOn 26 April 2016, the end of the longest jury case in British legal history saw the families and supporters of the ...
Solidarity Not Separation: The Case for Continued Interaction Between UK and EU Law to Further Equal RightsEuropean Union, United Kingdom, Brexit, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationEmployment Minister Priti Patel recently likened women campaigning to leave the EU to the Suffragettes. “Emmeline ...
The UK and Saudi Arabia: Human Rights and the Perils of Petrodollar Morality – Part IISaudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsIn Part I, we looked at how the UK’s “special relationship” with Saudi Arabia underpins its half-hearted approach ...
Gypsies by Birth not by DefinitionUnited Kingdom, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyOn 31st August 2015 the Government introduced an amendment to the to Planning Policy for Traveller Sites (PPTS). ...
The UK and Saudi Arabia: Human Rights and the Perils of Petrodollar Morality – Part ISaudi Arabia, United Kingdom, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death PenaltyThe Human Rights and Democracy Report (2015) recently released by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office ...
Local Politics of International Justice in Kenya: How the ICC let the case slip away (Part I)Kenya, Rome Statute, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn the wake of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to drop charges against the Deputy President of ...
Inter-American Court Judgment Against Costa Rica on In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF): A Challenge to the Court’s Enforcement AuthorityAmerican Convention on Human Rights, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ (IACtHR) recent order that Costa Rica invalidate a Supreme Court ...
New Zealand on the Verge of Implementing Pay EquityNew Zealand, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationCurrent New Zealand legislation prohibits gender discrimination in pay rates for men and women who perform ...
Human Rights Advisory Panel urges the UN to compensate Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian families for lead poisoning in IDP campsUnited Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Right to LifeOn 8 April 2016, the Human Rights Advisory Panel (HRAP) released its long-awaited opinion in the case of N.M & ...