Menopausal Women Fear Discrimination in the WorkplaceGender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationAccording to new research, women of menopausal age fear age-based discrimination in the workplace and face a total ...
Clash of Rights at Centre of Canadian Law School ControversyCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationThe debate over whether to recognise a proposed law school in Canada has pitted fundamental freedoms against one ...
High Time for Europe to Offer Temporary Protection to Refugees from Syria?European Union, Syria, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and AsylumApproximately 3 million people have fled Syria due to the armed conflict. About 96% of the refugees remain in ...
Canadian Constitutional Challenge to Prohibition on Assisted-DyingCanada, Right against Torture, Right to LifeCanada’s top court is once again set to decide on the constitutionality of physician-assisted dying for terminally ...
“Classic Human Rights Law Territory”: Why the HRC need to talk about dronesUnited Nations, Conflict and Human RightsA US drone strike killed two suspected militants in northwest Pakistan last Saturday, in an attack which marks the ...
Human Rights in the UK Media: Representation and RealityUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human RightsOn 19 September, the Human Rights and International Law Unit of the School of Law and Social Justice at the ...
Providing Syrian Survivors of Torture Access to Rehabilitation ServicesSyria, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right against TortureMental health and other rehabilitation services can be key to restoring basic functioning and facilitate ...
Second Strike and You are (Finally) Out? The Israeli Supreme Court quashes (again) the Prevention of Infiltration LawIsrael, Immigration and AsylumOn 22 September 2014, the Israeli Supreme Court sitting as a High Court of Justice quashed in a 217-page judgment ...
Improving the Law for Pregnant Women and Working ParentsAustralia, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationEarlier this year I wrote about the preliminary data that the Australian Human Rights Commission (“AHRC”) had ...
A House Divided: Grappling with Affirmative Action in South AfricaSouth Africa, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Standard of ReviewIt doesn’t require much imagination to see that affirmative action policies implemented for the good of society ...
The Violence Must Stop – Abuse of Police Power in Hong Kong’s Democracy ProtestsHong Kong, Right to Freedom of AssemblyIn ruling out genuine choice in all future Chief Executive elections in Hong Kong, the Government has done ...
The Violence Must Stop – Abuse of Police Power in Hong Kong's Democracy ProtestsHong Kong, Right to Freedom of AssemblyIn ruling out genuine choice in all future Chief Executive elections in Hong Kong, the Government has done ...