Artificial Intelligence: The Need to Update the Equality Act 2010United Kingdom, Artificial Intelligence, Disability, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Substantive EqualityThe Equality Act 2010 is not keeping up with the developments in Artificial Intelligence (AI). The United Kingdom ...
How can we guard against AI-generated discrimination?European Union, United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Intersectionality, Race, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to Privacy, Social Protection, Technology and human rightsOne of the most commonly expressed concerns about AI systems is their capacity to produce unfairly discriminatory ...
La Belgique criminalise l’écocide: une (imparfaite) première européenneBelgium, European Union, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, United States, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Environment, Right to healthy environmentLe 22 février 2024, la Belgique a marqué l’histoire en adoptant un nouveau code pénal criminalisant l’écocide dans ...
Belgium Recognises the Crime of Ecocide: A (Lukewarm) European FirstBelgium, European Union, International Criminal Court, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, United States, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Environment, Right to healthy environmentOn 22 February 2024, Belgium made history by adopting a new penal code that criminalises ‘ecocide’ at the national ...
Another Failed Execution: The United States’ Strained Relationship with the Right to LifeUnited Nations, United States, Constitutions and Human Rights, Criminal Justice and Fair Trial, Death Penalty, Human Dignity, Right to LifeAt 73 years of age, Thomas Creech is Idaho’s longest-serving death row inmate. He entered prison in 1974 and was ...
Beyond State Responsibility: The Trafigura Case and Corporate Accountability in AfricaAfrican Charter on Human and People's Rights, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria, Access to Justice, Business and Human Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Environment, Right to Health, Right to healthy environment, Right to Information, Right to Life, Social ProtectionOver the last few decades, there has been global recognition that corporations yield considerable social, economic ...
Women’s Invisible Labour, Kinkeeping and Care: Ireland’s 8 March Constitutional ReferendumIreland, United Nations, Children's Rights, Disability, Gender, Role of the Judiciary, Socio-Economic Rights, Substantive EqualityOn International Women’s Day, Ireland will hold votes on two proposed changes to Article 41 of the Constitution. ...
Coming of Age: The Establishment of 18 as the Legal Minimum Age for MarriageUnited Nations, Children's Rights, GenderRecent reports from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) highlight a global decline ...
Resisting the Legal Assault on Transgender and Gender Non-Binary StudentsUnited States, United States of America, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Gender identity, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Social Protection, Substantive EqualitySince the Supreme Court’s 2015 decision in Obergefell v Hodges striking down same-sex marriage bans across the ...
Rehabilitating Prisoners’ Human Rights: The Right to EducationUnited Kingdom, Prison Reform, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationEducation is recognised as a human right for everyone, yet for prisoners it remains largely elusive. A recent ...
Empathy and Justice: Abortion Rights for Minor Rape Victims in IndiaIndia, Abortion, Access to Justice, Children's Rights, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Health, Right to Life, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Social ProtectionOtherwise viewed as a laudable step in addressing rights to abort, India's Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act ...
The erasure from Australian schools of education about LGBTIQA+ peopleAustralia, UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Children's Rights, Gender identity, Right to Education, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual Orientation, Substantive EqualityAustralia achieved marriage equality in 2017. You would be forgiven for thinking that the next step on the journey ...