Niqabs in Strasbourg, Again: Part 1
Burqa bans seem to be in fashion, not only in the 5-odd countries that have chosen this policy line, not only at ...
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
CEDAW Committee General Recommendation on Violence against Women Updated
In July 2017, the CEDAW Committee released a new General Recommendation (No. 35) on Violence Against Women (VAW), ...
Gender Equality in China
Confucianism has been regarded as a nationwide paradigm in China for over two millennia. Susan Greenhalgh (1985) ...
Islam and Human Rights: A Critical Intersection
Global politics is increasingly concerned with the relationship between religion and human rights. Human rights ...
Battling for Equality: Recognizing Civil Service Benefits in Same-sex Marriages
The struggle for LGBTQ rights remains an embryonic fight in Asia, waiting to be further developed through advocacy ...
State Intervention in Muslim Personal Law: A Case of Fundamental Misunderstanding
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board [the Board], has been at the centre of a raging controversy for the past ...
Women in the Iranian Labour Market: Infringement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Regardless of the fact that women have a very significant contribution to make to national production, employment ...
The Great Balancing Act: Countering Online Hate Speech While Protecting Freedom of Expression
German lawmakers have recently passed a controversial law, ‘Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz’ (Network Enforcement Act ...
Asylum Seekers Gain the Right to Work in Ireland
Asylum seekers arriving in Ireland are prohibited from seeking employment until a determination of their ...
Iran’s Presidential Charade: Women Out or In?
The controversy over whether a woman can be President in Iran rises every four years during the presidential ...
Penalising Anti-Semitism in Poland: Creating “Free Speech Martyrs”?
On a November night in 2015, an effigy of a Jew was burnt in the main market square in Wrocław, Poland, as part of ...
Trinity Lutheran v. Comer: Does The U.S. Supreme Court Now See Separation of Church and State as a Kind of Religious Discrimination?
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Trinity Lutheran v. Comer seems modest on its facts, but it moves the Court ...
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