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In the Spirit of Harambee, published by ERT in 2012, provides a comprehensive analysis of discrimination and inequality in Kenya, combining an assessment of the lived experience of those exposed to discrimination and a review of relevant law and policy.
ERT is hosting the event Advancing Sexual Rights in the "Developing World": The Politics of Human Rights Interventionism on 10 May 2012 in London. Speakers include Jonathan Cooper, Sylvia Tamale and Sonia Correa.
The Equal Rights Review is ERT's interdisciplinary journal for the exchange of legal, philosophical, sociological and other ideas on equality. Volume Eight focuses on equality in education.
Developed and endorsed by experts from over 40 nations, the Declaration of Principles on Equality establishes 27 principles on equality. It reflects a moral and professional consensus on the key principles of equality law, policy and practice.
On 22 March 2012, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) delivered its judgment in the case of Konstantin Markin v Russia. The case concerned a Russian military serviceman who had been denied parental leave, unlike his female counterparts. The Court found that Russia had violated Article 14 taken in conjunction with Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights (the Convention).
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On March 21, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights published its landmark judgment in Atala Riffo and daughters v Chile. In its first case concerning discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, the Court established that both "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" are grounds falling within the protection against discrimination enshrined in Article 1 of the American Convention of Human Rights (the Convention).
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At its nineteenth session (27 February to 23 March 2012) the UN Human Rights Council adopted the Working Group Reports for states which had undergone review in the twelfth session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In 2011, The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) made a stakeholder submission to the review of Thailand, raising concerns about its treatment of stateless Rohingya. The submission recommended that the state review its past actions of arbitrary arrest, detention and pushing back Rohingya into the sea in light of its human rights obligations, rectify past violations, amend its immigration policy, introduce comprehensive equality legislation and ratify relevant international treaties.
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