Ms X v Mahmood Farooqi: A Dangerous Precedent for Interpreting Consent in Rape Cases in India
In a recent case before the Indian Supreme Court, Ms X v Mahmood Farooqi, the court refused to overturn a Delhi ...
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
Gender Equality through Economic Development (with Isabel C. Jaramillo Sierra)
In September 2015, the UN adopted a set of goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all ...
Gaining More from Human Rights: Access to Health Care and Surviving Childbirth is not Enough
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 3 seeks to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all, at all ages. ...
CRPD Committee Adopts New General Comment on Equality and Non-Discrimination
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its advance unedited version of the General ...
Tackling FGM In India: Is It Time For A New Law?
According to a study conducted on members of the Bohra community in India, a startling 75% of the daughters of the ...
A Step Closer to Equality: LGBTQ+ Rights in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
In a landmark advisory opinion delivered on January 9th, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights stated that the ...
First Criminal Conviction under Belgium’s Anti-Sexism Act
A man who made sexist remarks to a female police officer was sentenced to pay a €3,000 fine and became the first ...
The Supreme Court of Canada Expands the Scope of Employment Discrimination
In December 2017 the Supreme Court of Canada released an important decision regarding the scope of discrimination ...
Proposal to make ‘disadvantaged socio-economic status’ a prohibited ground of discrimination under Irish law
The Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2017, was introduced in the lower house of the Irish Parliament at ...
Women’s Suffrage in Germany
Given the political and constitutional history of the 18th and 19th centuries, universal suffrage and free and ...
Transforming Women’s Lives Through Education
The virtues of education are uncontested. It is a multiplier right, it creates an empowered workforce and ...
Abolition of Social Grounds for Abortion in Bolivia
Latin America’s broadest decriminalization of abortion was passed in Bolivia in December 2017, but was recently ...
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