No Compromise on the Right to Adequate Housing: UN Condemnation of UK Austerity Measures
Statements made by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, following her visit to the UK in ...
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
The European Social Charter in Austerity Europe: Damning Conclusions on the Right of Access to Healthcare in Spain
Recent conclusions published by the European Committee on Social Rights (ECSR) present yet another damning ...
Scotland’s Gay Rights Journey
On 4 February 2014, MSPs passed the SNP government’s Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill into law, 105 ...
Scotland's Gay Rights Journey
On 4 February 2014, MSPs passed the SNP government’s Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Bill into law, 105 ...
Kong Yunming v The Director of Social Welfare: Constitutional protection of social welfare rights in Hong Kong
On 17 December 2013, the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong unanimously allowed the appeal of Madam Kong in Kong ...
The New Barbarians: Bulgarians and Romanians at the Gate!
Joseph Goebbels, Reich Minister of Propaganda in Nazi Germany, is reputed to have said: ‘If you tell a lie big ...
Navigating the Troubled Waters of Religious Accommodation
Recent reports concerning a situation in York University, Toronto, have reignited discussion on the complex ...
Reviewing Koushal: Counting Down the Errors Apparent on the Face of the Record
The seven review petitions filed in the case of Koushal v Naz Foundation (“Koushal”) are an exercise in drawing up ...
Safety of Sex-Workers Again at the Centre in Canada (Attorney General) v Bedford
Earlier this year, I argued that the ONCA gave a comprehensive and nuanced assessment of Canada’s criminal ...
Over to you, Parliament – The significance of the Australian High Court’s judgment on same-sex marriage
A striking feature of Australian High Court jurisprudence in recent years is the Court’s use of orthodox judicial ...
Naz and Reclaiming Counter-Majoritarianism
The term “counter-majoritarian” has, more often than not, been used in a derogatory fashion - especially when it ...
Stereotyping as Direct Discrimination?
The Hungarian Equal Treatment Authority (ETA) found that the entrance policy of a music club violated ...
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