Marriage Equality in New Zealand – Part II: Public Interest LitigationNew Zealand, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Sexual OrientationBy Max Harris Editor's Note: Last week, Max Harris examined the religious exemptions of New Zealand’s recently ...
Engendering the Judiciary – a South African PerspectiveSouth Africa, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the JudiciaryRecent statistics and debates in South Africa highlight that the country’s transformative vision has not stretched ...
Marriage Equality in New Zealand – Part I: Religious ExemptionsNew Zealand, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Freedom of Religion, Sexual OrientationBy Max Harris - On 17 April, the New Zealand Parliament passed the Marriage (Definition of Marriage) Amendment ...
Between a Crocodile and a Snake: Racism and religious intolerance in BurmaBurma, Conflict and Human Rights, Immigration and Asylum, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationBy Benedict Rogers Benedict Rogers will be speaking in Oxford this Thursday, 2 May. Click here for more ...
Killer Robots in the Cross-hairs of New NGO CampaignUnited Kingdom, Conflict and Human RightsBy Conor Fortune It has all the trappings of a sci-fi film. A life-size, talking robot stands outside ...
Trafficking in Human Beings and the European Court of Human Rights – In Dubio pro State?European Convention on Human Rights, Genderby Marija Jovanovic - The ECtHR in M. and Others v. Italy and Bulgaria departs from a low-threshold approach ...
Rape and Reform in India: No Legal Fix for a Systemic ProblemIndia, Genderby Shishir Bail and Sudhir Krishnaswamy - The brutal rape and mutilation of a 5-year-old girl in Delhi last week ...
Animal Defenders International v UK: A Case of Fruitful Dialogue, or of Strasbourg Losing its Nerve?European Convention on Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn 22 April, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held in Animal Defenders International v UK, ...
Gender-Neutral Marriage and ‘Attenuated Discrimination’: Legal Developments in FranceFrance, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientationby Professor Daniel Borrillo- During his election campaign, French president François Hollande announced as ...
The Arms Trade Treaty: A Small Step ForwardUnited Nations, Conflict and Human RightsFollowing Dr Gilles Giacca's post last Monday on the Arms Trade Treaty, Dr. Laurence Lustgarten argues that the ...
Kiobel v. Royal Dutch Petroleum and the Future of Corporate Accountability for Human Rights Violations Committed AbroadUnited States of America, Business and Human RightsBy Kate Mitchell - On 17 April 2013, the United States Supreme Court delivered judgment in Kiobel v Royal Dutch ...
Same-Sex Marriage: Bill N°344 Amidst France’s Wider Political LandscapeFrance, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual OrientationBy Delphine Rooz - On 12 April 2013, the French Senate adopted Bill n°344, which opens marriage to same-sex ...