The Four Categories of Risk to Rights in the Brexit ProcessUnited Kingdom, BrexitWriting only weeks before the (re)scheduled date of UK withdrawal from the EU, there seems little of which to be ...
Organ Donation: New Law, New HorizonsUnited Kingdom, Socio-Economic RightsThe Organ Donation (Deemed Consent) Act 2019 became law on 15th March 2019 and introduces a new system of organ ...
Bringing Back the Death Penalty in South Africa for Crimes Against WomenSouth Africa, Death PenaltySeptember is the start of spring in South Africa, marked by warmer weather and blossoming trees. However, this ...
Failure of the Indian Supreme Court to Protect the Rights of DalitsIndia, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThe Indian society is characterised by a caste system, which is a hierarchical social stratification based on ...
The CERD Committee on Discrimination Against Non-CitizensUnited Nations, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationIn a previous blog post I explained the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination’s ...
The Sustainable Development Goals: “Leaving No-One Behind” Means Recognising the Role of Equality LawRight to Equality and Non-DiscriminationThis week, states are meeting at the UN General Assembly to review progress towards the achievement of the ...
Direct or Indirect Discrimination: Same Difference?Belgium, Right to Equality and Non-DiscriminationShould a finding of indirect discrimination be sanctioned in the same way as a finding of direct discrimination? A ...
Brazilian Superior Court of Justice Decides that Victims of Domestic Violence are Entitled to Paid Work Leave – While New Legislation Could Hinder Their Right to an Adequate Standard of LivingBrazil, Gender, Labour RightsThe Brazilian Superior Court of Justice (STJ) established a new precedent asserting that women who suffer domestic ...
The Fair Housing Act in the Trump Era: A Proposed Agency Rule Will Seriously Dilute Disparate-Impact LiabilityUnited States of America, Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic RightsGalvanized by the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968, the U.S. Congress adopted the Fair Housing Act ...
The European Union Detaining Migrants in Libya – are they Breaching Non-Refoulment?Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Immigration and AsylumThe news coming out of Libya is dire. As the largest flow of modern African migration funnels through this single ...
The Failure of the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief?: The Case of Southeast AsiaIndonesia, Myanmar, Right to Freedom of ReligionThe right to freedom of religion or belief (“freedom of religion”) is protected at the international and regional ...
Blurred Lines: When Free Speech Becomes Hate SpeechSouth Africa, Right to Freedom of Speech and ExpressionOn the 27th of August 2019, the South African Constitutional Court (Court) heard its first substantive hate speech ...