Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 2European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewThe first part of this blog outlined the facts and decision in the Supreme Court case, Secretary of State for ...
Bringing the Right to Strike Home: Secretary of State for Business and Trade v Mercer – Part 1European Convention on Human Rights, United Kingdom, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Role of the Judiciary, Social Protection, Standard of ReviewIndividual strikers are protected from dismissal where they are dismissed for participating in ‘protected’ (i.e ...
A Game of Judicial Tennis: The Supreme Court in MercerUnited Kingdom, Constitutions and Human Rights, Right to Freedom of Association, Role of the JudiciaryThe Supreme Court has once again considered the proper scope of sections 3 and 4 of the Human Rights Act 1998 ...
What is Your Name? – Gender Inequality Embedded in the Same-Surname System for Married Couples in JapanJapan, Gender, Human Dignity, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to PrivacyJapan is the only country in the world that forbids married couples from using separate surnames. Couples can ...
Labour Justice for India’s Community Care Workers (Part I)India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Labour RightsUnder India’s National Health Mission and the Integrated Child Development Scheme, a group of workers, referred to ...
Labour Justice for India’s Community Care Workers (Part II)India, Constitutions and Human Rights, Labour Rights, Right to workPart I of this series discussed how in the Indian Supreme Court’s decision in Ameerbi, denial of minimum wages to ...
No ‘Paradise on Earth’: Justice for Migrants from Japan to North KoreaJapan, North Korea, South Korea, Forced Migration, Freedom of Movement, Remedies, Right against Torture, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOver 93,000 ethnic Koreans and their families emigrated from Japan to North Korea during the period 1959-1984. ...
Quelle responsabilité étatique en matière de changements climatiques? Réflexions sur l’affaire KlimaseniorinnenEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Switzerland, Access to Justice, Climate Change, Environment, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to healthy environment, Right to Life, Right to Privacy, Substantive EqualityQuelle est la portée des obligations des États en matière de changement climatique ? Le 9 avril 2024, la Grande ...
Defining States’ Responsibility for Climate Change: Insights from the ECtHR’s Klimaseniorinnen CaseEuropean Convention on Human Rights, Switzerland, Access to Justice, Climate Change, Environment, Human Dignity, Intersectionality, Right to healthy environment, Right to Life, Right to Privacy, Substantive EqualityWhat is the scope of States’ obligations regarding climate change? On 9 April 2024, the Grand Chamber of the ...
Maternity Benefits and Child Care Leave to Mothers: The Supreme Court of India’s Narrow and Unsatisfactory Approach to Gender Equality in the Labour ForceIndia, Constitutions and Human Rights, Disability, Gender, Labour Rights, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Right to work, Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Substantive EqualityThe Supreme Court of India in a recent order in Shalini Dharmani v State of Himachal Pradesh reaffirmed that Child ...
Le jugement de la Cour d’appel du Québec sur la Loi 21 : le futur incertain des droits fondamentauxCanada, Constitutions and Human Rights, Gender, IntersectionalityLe 29 février 2024, la Cour d'appel du Québec a confirmé la constitutionnalité de la Loi sur la laïcité de l'État, ...
The Quebec Court of Appeal’s Ruling on Bill 21: The Uncertain Future of Fundamental RightsCanada, Constitutions and Human Rights, Intersectionality, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationOn 29 February 2024, the Quebec Court of Appeal upheld the validity of the Act respecting the laicity of the ...