Same Script, Different Cast: A Tale of Zambia's Constitutional Making ProcessZambia, Constitutions and Human RightsOn the 24th of October, Zambia celebrated its 49th year of Independence from British colonial rule. While Zambia ...
Men and gender based violence: part of the problem, but also the solution?United Kingdom, GenderUniversities may well create the future leaders of our governments, economies, and communities—they are places of ...
Unpaid Interns in the New York Courts: Time to Start Spreading the News?United States of America, Labour RightsSeen most cynically, employers deploy the label “intern” to give the impression that worker protection laws do not ...
European Court of Human Rights Says Dismissal of HIV-positive Employee is Incompatible with the ConventionEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn the case of I.B. v. Greece, the European Court of Human Rights held that the dismissal of an HIV-positive ...
Marikana Funding Decision – A Victory for Justice, Fairness and EqualitySouth Africa, Access to JusticeIn the wake of the Marikana tragedy, during which 40 striking mineworkers were shot and killed by the South ...
UN Resolution on Women’s Involvement in Conflict-Prevention: a Move Towards Participative Equality for Women in Conflict ZonesUnited Nations, Conflict and Human Rights, GenderEarlier this month, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted Resolution 2122, designed to highlight the ...
Wedding Crashers in Canberra?Australia, Sexual OrientationThe Australian Capital Territory made Australian history this week as the first Australian jurisdiction to provide ...
Bridging The Divide? Integrating the Functions of National Equality Bodies and National Human Rights Institutions in the EUEuropean Union, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationNational equality bodies (NEBs) and national human rights institutions (NHRIs) play important roles in promoting ...
New Bill Shifts Focus to Survivors of Human TraffickingScotland, Immigration and Asylum, Labour RightsEarlier this year, I interviewed a group of young Bangladeshi men who had been trafficked into Scotland to work in ...
The Tasmanian Dams Case, 30 Years On – Unfulfilled PromisesAustralia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe landmark Australian Tasmanian Dams case celebrated its 30th anniversary in August 2013. This case was a ...
Disenfranchising the Disenfranchised? – Appeal Rights in the Immigration Bill 2013United Kingdom, Access to Justice, Immigration and AsylumThe first immigration bill to be published in four years was introduced in the House of Commons on 10 October ...
Al-Jedda: Judicial Commitment to the Universal Application of the Right to a NationalityUnited Kingdom, Immigration and AsylumThe Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Act 2006 provides that the Secretary of State may, as a general rule, ...