Public Consultation on the Overhaul of Hong Kong Anti-Discrimination LawsHong Kong, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 7 October 2014, the Hong Kong Equal Opportunities Commission (“EOC”) will conclude its inaugural review of the ...
Cutting Corners: The Procedural Illegality of Legal Aid CutsUnited Kingdom, Access to Justice, Criminal Justice and Fair TrialIn R (London Criminal Courts Solicitors Association & another) v Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 3020 (Admin), the ...
The Impact of Fees in the TribunalUnited Kingdom, Access to JusticeFees for bringing claims in the employment tribunal were introduced in August 2013. Since then, the Ministry of ...
Where will the US go after Kiobel?United States of America, Business and Human Rights, Conflict and Human RightsLast year, the landmark US Supreme Court decision of Kiobel held that the presumption against extraterritorial ...
Hounga v Allen: Trojan Horse Comes to the Rescue of ‘Illegal’ MigrantsUnited Kingdom, Immigration and Asylum, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn Hounga v Allen [2014] UKSC 47 the Supreme Court took the opportunity to overrule one of the most controversial ...
Recognising Maternity Leave as a Human Rights ObligationUnited Nations, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationPaid maternity leave is routinely argued as necessary to achieve gender equality in the workplace. Article ...
Clinical Legal Education as an Access to Justice InnovationUnited Kingdom, Access to JusticeImagine you got grant funding to develop an access to justice research agenda. Your grant application proposes the ...
Searching for the "T" in LGBT AdvocacyUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationOn August 30, 2014, the prominent UK lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) rights group, Stonewall, held a workshop with ...
Searching for the “T” in LGBT AdvocacyUnited Kingdom, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn August 30, 2014, the prominent UK lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) rights group, Stonewall, held a workshop with ...
Civil Society Wants its Voice Heard in Post-2015 DevelopmentUnited Nations, Constitutions and Human RightsDuring the last week of August the UN headquarters in New York was effectively taken over by civil society. Over ...
The Plight of Indo-Pak Fishermen and the Need to Appreciate Economic RightsPakistan, Socio-Economic RightsThe recent decision of the Pakistan Government to release 57 boats of arrested Indian fishermen is a welcome move. ...
Vulture Funds: the Real Dimension of the Controversy from a Human Rights PerspectiveArgentina, Business and Human Rights, Socio-Economic RightsWhile a lot of perspectives (economic, political, legal and even diplomatic) have been brought to the table ...