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The Effect of the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Future of Global Climate Policy

The Effect of the U.S. Withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: Future of Global Climate Policy

United Nations, United States, Climate Change, Global Governance, Paris Agreement, Public International Law, UNFCCC

The US is one of the largest greenhouse gas (GHGs) emitters historically. Nevertheless, President Donald Trump, on ...

Potential Human Rights Impact of President Trump’s New Policies Governing Artificial Intelligence

Potential Human Rights Impact of President Trump’s New Policies Governing Artificial Intelligence

United States of America, Artificial Intelligence, Technology and human rights

On January 23, 2025, the Trump Administration issued Executive Order No. 14,179, “Removing Barriers to American ...

What Have We Learnt from the CJEU’s Case Law on Disability Discrimination Over the Past Five Years? (8/8)

What Have We Learnt from the CJEU’s Case Law on Disability Discrimination Over the Past Five Years? (8/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, Disability Rights, Employment Equality Directive, Employment Law, Reasonable Accommodation, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

The Court of Justice’s case law on disability discrimination and the Employment Equality Directive over the past ...

Can Disability Protection Change the Limits on the Termination of Employment Contracts? (7/8)

Can Disability Protection Change the Limits on the Termination of Employment Contracts? (7/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, Spain, Disability Rights, Employment Equality Directive, Employment Law, Reasonable Accommodation, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Disability discrimination cases experienced an exponential growth in recent years due to the the Court of Justice ...

‘Hiring now: Personal Assistant Aged 18-30’: CJEU Proves Mild for Age Discrimination by Persons with Disabilities (6/8)

‘Hiring now: Personal Assistant Aged 18-30’: CJEU Proves Mild for Age Discrimination by Persons with Disabilities (6/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, Age based discrimination, Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU, Employment Equality Directive, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities enjoy the right to live independently and be included in the community (Article 19 UN ...

When Transfer to a Different Job is a Reasonable Accommodation: HR Rail (5/8)

When Transfer to a Different Job is a Reasonable Accommodation: HR Rail (5/8)

Belgium, Court of Justice of the European Union, Disability Rights, Employment Law, Reasonable Accommodation, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

What happens when an employee with a disability is unable to return to their original job and no type of ...

Accommodating Disability in the Justice System: TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (4/8)

Accommodating Disability in the Justice System: TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (4/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, administration of justice, Disability, non-discrimination, Reasonable Accommodation, Right to work

The decision of the Court of Justice in TC and UB v Komisia za zashtita ot diskriminatsia (TC and UB) can be ...

Tartu Vangla – A Step Closer to Full Alignment of EU law with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3/8)

Tartu Vangla – A Step Closer to Full Alignment of EU law with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (3/8)

Court of Justice of the European Union, European Union, Republic of Estonia, Disability, Employment Law, Reasonable Accommodation, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In Tartu Vangla the Court of Justice of the EU (”the Court”) reiterated that employers must conduct an ...

Disability discrimination in the EU: The Scope of Comparison (2/8)

Disability discrimination in the EU: The Scope of Comparison (2/8)

CJEU, European Union, Poland, Disability, Employment Law, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination

Can disabled workers compare themselves to other disabled workers for the purposes of a discrimination claim under ...

Twenty-five Years of Protection Against Disability-based Discrimination in the EU: An Evolving Understanding of Disability (1/8)

Twenty-five Years of Protection Against Disability-based Discrimination in the EU: An Evolving Understanding of Disability (1/8)

European Union, Disability, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Twenty-five years ago, the EU legally enshrined the prohibition of discrimination based on disability in the ...

Commercial or Altruistic Surrogacy: The Indian Supreme Court Finds Middle Ground

Commercial or Altruistic Surrogacy: The Indian Supreme Court Finds Middle Ground

India, Access to Justice, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Standard of Review, Substantive Equality

Governance of surrogacy in India has been multi-faceted. Whereas commercial surrogacy was previously allowed, the ...

DRC v. Rwanda: The African Court’s First Interstate Case

DRC v. Rwanda: The African Court’s First Interstate Case

African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights, African Union, Rwanda, African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, Genocide Convention, interstate application, state obligations

On the 12th and 13th February 2025, the Democratic Republic of Congo (the “DRC”) had the audience of the African ...

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