Animus and Unequal Dignity: The Purpose and Effect of North Carolina’s New Anti-LGBT LawUnited States of America, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn March 24, 2016, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (“LGBT”) North Carolina residents woke up to a new and ...
The Struggle for Right to Information in Sri Lanka: Is it Leaving Victims Behind?Sri Lanka, Conflict and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionSri Lanka is on the brink of a historic moment. Following a long struggle spanning over a decade, a Bill on the ...
Good News at Last from Downunder on “Zero Hours” Contracts?New Zealand, Labour RightsThe Guardian report on banning “zero hours contracts” in New Zealand accurately reflects the unexpected delight of ...
Judging Abortion in Northern Ireland: Facing the Challenges, Taking the OpportunitiesUnited Kingdom, Abortion, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual and Reproductive RightsThe Northern Ireland legal system and, more specifically, Northern Irish courts have been thrust into the national ...
Scalia’s Record on Labour Rights as Human Rights – Justice DeniedUnited States of America, Labour Rights, Role of the JudiciaryDuring Justice Scalia’s nearly thirty-year term, the Court decided nineteen private-sector labour cases in which ...
Bureaucratising Sexual Rights in BrazilBrazil, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationAt times, Brazil’s sexual rights revolution has been a quiet one. Increasingly, bureaucratic bodies have stepped ...
India’s High Court upholds right of women to enter religious placesIndia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of ReligionIn a recent ruling, the Bombay High Court upheld the right of women to enter the Shani Shinganapur temple in the ...
Justice Scalia’s Terribly Few Words on Education RightsUnited States of America, Race, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryJustice Scalia was a wordsmith whose informal, pithy style and wit forced smiles from even his staunchest critics. ...
Telling the Whole Truth: Post-Assault Contact in Sexual Violence CasesCanada, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, GenderFor the last 16 months, Canadians have been engaged in extraordinary conversations connected to the sexual assault ...
Gender Pay Gap Reporting: Will Transparency Lead to Change?United Kingdom, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationWhen David Cameron announced that his government would require large private sector employers to report on gender ...
Blog: Scalia’s Influence on the Religion Clauses: Part IIUnited States of America, Right to Freedom of Religion, Role of the JudiciaryDuring the last thirty years, Justice Scalia was a key figure in the Supreme Court’s steady movement away from ...
Justice Scalia and the Fair Housing Act: A Textualist Approach Honed in Oral ArgumentUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Housing, Role of the JudiciaryJustice Antonin Scalia’s output in the area of housing rights, and Fair Housing Act (FHA) law specifically, is ...