Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law and our cultural wars
Future historians will reference the developments around Uganda’s anti-homosexuality law as a textbook example of a proxy battle fought within the ongoing cultural wars of our time: a legal and...
Indian Lip Service to the UNCRPD: Examining the Persons with Disabilities Bill 2014
Having ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007, India was legally as well as constitutionally obligated to bring its domestic laws in line...
Hämäläinen v Finland: The Transgender Divorce Requirement in Strasbourg
In the landmark 2002 decision, Goodwin v United Kingdom, the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”), citing an “unmistakable trend” among Council of Europe member states, established a general right...
Religious anti-gay refusal – valuing dissent without making it lawful
According to Supreme Court judge, Lady Hale, the law has yet to find the right balance between accommodating people’s beliefs and avoiding anti-gay discrimination. Her remarks, made during a lecture...
The Problem of Progressive Realization – Protecting the Rights of the Disabled in Jamaica
Jamaica boasts of being the first country in the world to both sign and ratify the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, on March 30, 2007....
Professor Frances Raday Comments on SAS v France
In the Grand Chamber judgment in the case of S.A.S. v. France, the European Court of Human Rights held, by a majority, that Law no. 2010-1192 of 11 October 2010...
The Irrelevance of Residence: The Unlawful ‘Residence Test’ for Legal Aid
In R (Public Law Project) v Secretary of State for Justice, the Administrative Court held that the Government’s proposed residence test for legal aid was ultra vires and discriminatory. The...
When does being better qualified provide you with fewer opportunities?
The answer: when you’re a member of one of the UK’s many ethnic minorities. Figures from the University of Manchester’s Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity, visualised in a recent infographic,...
Brazil’s laws on quotas and the road to racial equality
On 9th June, Brazil´s President signed a new bill establishing a race-based affirmative action program for federal civil servant positions countrywide. The bill reserves 20 percent of these positions for...
Winning Decisions in the 2014 Gender Justice Uncovered Awards
Judges from all over the world are held accountable for the decisions they issue and for how these rulings affect the lives of women and girls worldwide. This post considers...
Decisiones ganadoras de los Premios Género y Justicia al Descubierto 2014
Resumen: Las juezas y los jueces en todo el mundo han rendido cuentas de las decisiones que toman y cómo estas afectan la vida de mujeres y niñas. Esta publicación...
International Law and the Denial of Minority Status to Indian Muslims
On 27th May, the Indian Minister of Minority Affairs, Najma Heptullah, declared that ‘Muslims are not minorities, Parsis are’, the suggestion being that Muslims are too large in number to...
