H.H. v. Finland: Irreconcilable Differences Between the European Convention on Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
The European Court of Human Rights (Court) reached its final decision in the case of H.H. v. Finland on 9 December 2025. The case concerned the refusal of the Finnish...
Reproductive Agency is not a Courtesy, It’s a Right of a Woman with Intellectual Disabilities in India
Almost a decade after the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“RPWD”) Act, 2016, women with intellectual disabilities (WID) continue to have their reproductive rights miscast as matters of protection rather...
Pauni recounts the counting of sick days: Exhausted sick leave does not automatically exhaust employer duties
Under EU law, counting sick days to determine whether an employee has exceeded a certain limit after which they can be dismissed may still amount to indirect disability discrimination prohibited...
Supreme Court of India Moves from Tolerance to Acceptance for Persons with Disabilities
Constitutionally, there is enough consensus around the fact that law must acknowledge the unequal realities of its subjects, and anything less than that may be formal equality but not substantive...
Twenty-Five Years of Protection Against Disability-based Discrimination in the EU
The Oxford Human Rights Hub has curated a series of 8 blogposts reflecting on 25 years of the Employment Equality Directive & disability rights in the EU, the meaning &...
What Have We Learnt from the CJEU’s Case Law on Disability Discrimination Over the Past Five Years? (8/8)
The Court of Justice’s case law on disability discrimination and the Employment Equality Directive over the past five has helped to clarify a number of issues. We now have a...
Can Disability Protection Change the Limits on the Termination of Employment Contracts? (7/8)
Disability discrimination cases experienced an exponential growth in recent years due to the the Court of Justice of the EU (“the Court”)’s relevant role on its protection. In this regard,...
When Transfer to a Different Job is a Reasonable Accommodation: HR Rail (5/8)
What happens when an employee with a disability is unable to return to their original job and no type of adjustment will make this possible? This was the dilemma facing...
