Date
10th August 2010
Summary
This is a report on the ERT project "Empowering Disadvantaged Groups in Kenya through Combating Discrimination and Promoting Equality". It was published in Volume 5 of The Equal Rights Review.
Countries
Geographical Location / I - L / Kenya
Issues
Issues / Concepts / Legal definitions
Date
19th July 2010
Summary
Stateless persons are those who have no nationality, or whose nationality is ineffective. This report approaches the subject through the prism of detention - a crucial issue which offers unique insight into the broader challenge of statelessness. The stateless person who cannot legally travel, reside in a country, work, study or receive health care, and whose life is a tightrope walk along the dividing line between legality and illegality is very vulnerable to detention. How a state treats stateless detainees is a reflection of how committed it is to protect those whose rights are most at risk.
In 1949, stateless persons – marginalised from society – were described as an “anomaly”. This was because legal systems were ill-equipped to deal with them. Sixty years, two international statelessness conventions, an international organisation mandated to address their situation and many human rights treaties later, the stateless remain an anomaly and continue to be marginalised.
In this report, The Equal Rights Trust attempts to unravel the anomaly. The report finds that inequality and discrimination lie at the heart of the statelessness problem, as does the eternal tug-of-war between universal human rights and national sovereignty. It also finds that many persons who are held in long term immigration detention “awaiting removal” are in reality stateless, and therefore cannot be removed. The report argues that statelessness should primarily be seen as a human rights issue, that the UNHCR and human rights treaty bodies should work in partnership to address the challenge, that all countries should implement statelessness determination procedures and that authoritative guidelines should be developed for the detention of stateless persons.
Countries
Geographical Location / S - U / USA
Geographical Location / S - U / United Kingdom
Geographical Location / A-D / Australia
Geographical Location / A-D / Bangladesh
Geographical Location / M - R / Malaysia
Geographical Location / I - L / Kenya
Geographical Location / M - R / Myanmar
Geographical Location / S - U / Thailand
Geographical Location / E-H / Egypt
Geographical Location / S - U / Spain
Geographical Location / E-H / European Union
Geographical Location / S - U / Somalia
Issues
Issues / International and Regional Standards / International Standards
Issues / Discrimination Grounds / Citizenship (nationality)
Issues / Concepts / The ideas of equality and non-discrimination
Issues / International and Regional Standards / Regional Standards
Issues / International and Regional Standards / International Standards
Issues / Concepts / Legal definitions
Issues / Remedies and Enforcement / Good Practices
Issues / Discrimination Areas / Other Discrimination Areas
Date
21st February 2010
Summary
This is the report of the Legal Workshop on Equality and Non-discrimination organised by the Equal Rights Trust and Human Rights Law Network, in Mumbai, from 12 - 13 December 2009.
Countries
Geographical Location / I - L / India
Issues
Issues / Discrimination Grounds / Sex
Issues / Concepts / Legal definitions
Issues / Discrimination Grounds / Disability
Issues / Discrimination Grounds / Sexual Orientation
Issues / Specialised Bodies
Date
18th January 2010
Summary
This report is one of the outputs of a global research and advocacy project of the Equal Rights Trust (ERT) on stateless persons in detention. It highlights some of the key challenges faced by the U.S. Administration pertaining to the detention of stateless persons both in the context of immigration and national security.
Countries
Geographical Location / S - U / USA
Issues
Issues / Discrimination Grounds / Citizenship (nationality)
Issues / International and Regional Standards / International Standards
Issues / Discrimination Areas / Criminal Justice System
Date
4th January 2010
Summary
This report is one of the outputs of a global research and advocacy project of the Equal Rights Trust (ERT) on stateless persons in detention. It draws attention to the plight of Rohingya who have successfully made the hazardous journey to Malaysia – a present focus, and ‘hotspot’, for Rohingya migration. It focuses on detention practices in Malaysia and the cycle of deportation and trafficking, which must be broken.
The report documents the ways in which immigration related laws, practices and policies of Malaysia are discriminatory and detrimental to the rights and well-being of all irregular migrants in the country. The Rohingya are merely one – albeit particularly vulnerable – group amongst many others. By focussing on the Rohingya in Malaysia, this report raises grave human rights concerns about the treatment of all irregular migrants in the country. It also establishes the need for a robust, holistic and regional solution to the problems faced by the Rohingya, which is embedded in human rights principles.
Countries
Geographical Location / M - R / Malaysia
Issues
Issues / Discrimination Grounds / Citizenship (nationality)
Issues / International and Regional Standards / Regional Standards
Issues / Discrimination Areas / Criminal Justice System
Date
25th September 2009
Summary
Religion and Healthcare in the European Union: Policy Issues and Trends, is a policy research report commissioned by the Network of European Foundations, in the framework of its ‘Religion and Democracy in Europe’ initiative. The report presents an analytical discussion of health policy issues on which religion has an impact.
Countries
Geographical Location / E-H / European Union
Issues
Issues / Discrimination Grounds / Religion
Issues / Discrimination Areas / Health
Date
2nd May 2008
Summary
This is the report of The Equal Rights Trust conference "Principles on Equality and the Development of Legal Standards on Equality".
Countries
Issues
Issues / International and Regional Standards / Regional Standards
Issues / International and Regional Standards / International Standards