The Travel Ban as Religious Discrimination: Judges’ Engagement of Political Discourse and Recent HistoryUnited States of America, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionOn March 15, 2017, two federal district courts, in Hawaii and Maryland, enjoined the enforcement of President ...
The Religious Views of Judges and Human Rights Adjudication: A Reply to Bamforth and BarberUnited States of America, Abortion, Gender, Right to Freedom of Religion, Role of the JudiciaryTwo blog contributions have recently discussed the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the US Supreme Court and ...
Understanding Direct Discrimination Suffered ‘As a Female Muslim’ in AchbitaCourt of Justice of the European Union, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) delivered its long-awaited decision in Samira Achbita v G4S ...
A Legal Battle for Transgender Rights in America Is Postponed, But Not For LongUnited States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn March 6, 2017, the United States Supreme Court sent back to the lower courts a case that would have decided ...
Access, Affordability, and the American Health Reform Dilemma, Part III: How an ACA Repeal Would Devastate AppalachiaUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsThroughout the 2016 American election cycle, most Republicans, including President Donald J. Trump, ran on ...
Access, Affordability, and the American Health Reform Dilemma, Part II: The Affordable Care Act’s First Seven YearsUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) turned seven last week, with a proposed legislative ...
Access, Affordability, and the American Health Reform Dilemma, Part I: Genesis of the Affordable Care ActUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Health, Socio-Economic RightsThe debate over the government’s role in health care is not a new one, nor is the existential crisis that ...
Using Technology to Personalise and Advance Learning in Classrooms in IndiaIndia, Children's Rights, Right to Education, Socio-Economic RightsIndia has seen a push from both the private and state sectors to use technology in an effort to improve learning ...
Derogating from Fundamental Human Rights under the Turkish State of EmergencyTurkey, Constitutions and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionFive days after the coup failed on 15 July 2016 in Turkey, the Turkish government declared a state of emergency ...
Judge Neil Gorsuch: A Reply to Nicholas BamforthUnited States of America, Right to Freedom of Religion, Role of the JudiciaryAt the start of March, Nick Bamforth wrote a blog post for this site examining Judge Neil Gorsuch’s ‘Academic ...
New Zealand Supreme Court Recognises Fiduciary Duties To Enforce Collective Indigenous RightsNew Zealand, Race, Socio-Economic RightsJudgments were delivered by the New Zealand Supreme Court on 28 February 2017 in Wakatu v Attorney-General. The ...
Australia’s Deportation of Asylum Seekers Pending Determination of their Claims to Refugee StatusAustralia, Immigration and AsylumThe Australian Government has made no secret of its mission prevent the arrival of thousands of ‘unauthorised’ ...