Damaged and Disregarded: Children’s Interests in the Benefit Cap Decision
Following on from Paul Scott’s post, this contribution will consider how the Supreme Court in SG dealt with the ...
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
S.A.S v France: Controlling Identities in European Liberal Democracies
As discussed in previous posts, the ECtHR decided in S.A.S v France that the French criminal law ban on face ...
‘Toilettes’, Not ‘W.C.s’ – Canada’s Language Regime and the Boulangerie Maxie’s Decision
Earlier this year, the Court of Québec in Attorney General of Québec v. Boulangerie Maxie’s, upheld the ...
To Tackle Poverty Effectively, See it Through the Lens of Gender
Everyone knows that women hold up half the sky but are nonetheless much more likely to live in poverty. Yet in ...
“It’s time for women to break the glass ceiling” FM Nicola Sturgeon Places Women and Violence at the Heart of Human Rights and Scottish Legislation
On Thursday the 26th of March, a conference organised by Scottish Women’s Aid took place at the George Hotel in ...
The Benefits Cap and the Enforcement of Unincorporated Human Rights Treaties
A prominent element of the UK coalition government’s deficit-reduction strategy (in rhetorical terms, if not ...
Je Suis Margot Wallstrom
Margot Wallstrom, the Swedish foreign minister, ignited a diplomatic war when she publicly criticized the Saudi ...
CEDAW Inquiry into Grave Violence Against Aboriginal Women in Canada
On March 6, 2015 the CEDAW Committee released its second inquiry into grave and systemic violations of CEDAW under ...
Supreme Court of Namibia Finds HIV Positive Women Sterilised Without Informed Consent
Late last year, the Supreme Court of Namibia handed down judgment in Government of the Republic of Namibia vs. LM ...
The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part III- Advancing Equality
In the final post of this ‘Equality Agenda in 2015’ blog-series, Professor Sir Bob Hepple QC returns to confront ...
UN Strategy to Combat Religious Intolerance, Discrimination and Violence: Is It Fit for Purpose?
According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, violence and discrimination against religious groups by ...
The Equality Agenda in 2015: Part II- Access to Justice
In the second instalment of Professor Sir Bob Hepple’s ‘Equality Agenda in 2015’ series, the focus turns to the ...
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