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 ...
Is An Obsession With Foreign Investment Eroding Democracy in Papua New Guinea?Papua New Guinea, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to VoteOften described as “an island of gold floating on a sea of oil”, Papua New Guinea (PNG) is one of the top ten ...
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 ...