Damaged and Disregarded: Children’s Interests in the Benefit Cap DecisionUnited Kingdom, Children's Rights, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionFollowing on from Paul Scott’s post, this contribution will consider how the Supreme Court in SG dealt with the ...
S.A.S v France: Controlling Identities in European Liberal DemocraciesEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Right to PrivacyAs discussed in previous posts, the ECtHR decided in S.A.S v France that the French criminal law ban on face ...
A Duty to Prosecute Hate Speech under the European Convention on Human Rights?European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionFreedom of expression is “one of the essential foundations of any democratic society” (Handyside) and recent ...
‘Toilettes’, Not ‘W.C.s’ – Canada’s Language Regime and the Boulangerie Maxie’s DecisionCanada, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionEarlier this year, the Court of Québec in Attorney General of Québec v. Boulangerie Maxie’s, upheld the ...
Privacy, Data Protection and Police RecordsUnited Kingdom, Right to PrivacyCan the retention of records by the police relating to acts that occurred in public be contrary to the right to ...
The ‘Human Rights Human Wrongs’ Exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery: Showcasing the Power and Pitfalls of Photography in Human Rights StrugglesConstitutions and Human RightsFrom 6 February until 6 April, London’s Photographers’ Gallery is playing host to ‘Human Rights Human Wrongs’, an ...
To Tackle Poverty Effectively, See it Through the Lens of GenderUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic RightsEveryone knows that women hold up half the sky but are nonetheless much more likely to live in poverty. Yet in ...
Free Speech or Hate Speech? License Plates Drive SCOTUS to a Difficult PlaceUnited States of America, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionDespite the fact the American Civil War ended some 150 years ago, the symbols of that conflict continue to be ...
“It’s time for women to break the glass ceiling” FM Nicola Sturgeon Places Women and Violence at the Heart of Human Rights and Scottish LegislationUnited Nations, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn Thursday the 26th of March, a conference organised by Scottish Women’s Aid took place at the George Hotel in ...
The Benefits Cap and the Enforcement of Unincorporated Human Rights TreatiesUnited Kingdom, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Social ProtectionA prominent element of the UK coalition government’s deficit-reduction strategy (in rhetorical terms, if not ...
Je Suis Margot WallstromSaudi Arabia, Gender, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationMargot Wallstrom, the Swedish foreign minister, ignited a diplomatic war when she publicly criticized the Saudi ...
Free Speech Under the Indian Information Technology Act: The Supreme Court’s Recent JudgmentIndia, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionIn a landmark judgment on Tuesday, the Indian Supreme Court (PDF of the decision here) struck down Section 66A of ...