This article sets out The Equal Rights Trust's advocacy work from the period July 2009 - December 2009.
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Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This article provides an update on ERT's projects from the period July 2009 - December 2009.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is The Equal Rights Trust's work itinerary from the period July 2009 - December 2009.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is and article by Wan Yanhai, Hu Ran, Guo Ran and Linda Arnade entitled Discrimination against People with HIV/AIDS in China. It was published in Volume Four of The Equal Rights Review, Volume Four.
Country: China
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Other Status, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 21 Feb 2010
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.
Country: India
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex, Disability, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 21 Feb 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This document outlines Russian Laws that relate to equality and anti-discrimination.
Country: Russia
Document type: National Legislation
Document date: 18 Feb 2010
This document outlines Brazilian and regional jurisprudence on racial discrimination in employment.
Country: Brazil
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Indirect Discrimination, Race and Ethnicity, Remedies and Enforcement, Positive Action, Exceptions and Justification
Document date: 16 Feb 2010
This document outlines (i) Brazilian anti-discrimination and equality laws with a focus on racial discrimination in employment, and (ii) the international and regional multilateral treaties and documents that were ratified by Brazil containing provisions that...
Country: Brazil
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 16 Feb 2010
This document outlines some laws relating to equality and anti-discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Sex, Citizenship, Other Status
Document date: 16 Feb 2010
On 24 February 2010, Albanian President Bamir Topi signed Law No. 10 221 “On Protection from Discrimination” adopted by the Albanian parliament earlier this month. The entry into force of this law is a significant step forward for the protection of equality and...
Document type: National Legislation
Document date: 04 Feb 2010
This document outlines the steps to present a claim on race discrimination in the field of employment in Great Britain. It takes into account the Race Discrimination employment law as at February 2010.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Indirect Discrimination, Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Race and Ethnicity, Victimisation
Document date: 01 Feb 2010
The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) joined the Kenyan Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and the Federation of Women Lawyers Kenya (FIDA) to issue a statement calling on Kenya’s parliamentarians to put the rights to equality and non-discrimination at the heart of the...
Country: Kenya
Document type: Advocacy Statements
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 29 Jan 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is an expert opinion on Article 16 (Equality of Rights) of the Moldovan Constitution which was sent to the Acting President Ghimpu of the Republic of Moldova. This opinion urges the Commission on Constitutional Reform to amend Article 16 of the...
Country: Moldova
Document type: Legal Briefs
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 27 Jan 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
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 stateless persons in detention in the USA, focussing on immigration detention in...
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 18 Jan 2010
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...
Country: USA
Document type: Reports
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 18 Jan 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
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...
Country: Malaysia
Document type: Reports
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 04 Jan 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
On 8 December 2009 the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held that Spain had violated Article 14 (prohibition of discrimination) of the European Convention on Human Rights in conjunction with Article 1 of Protocol 1 to the Convention (right to peaceful...
Country: Spain
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 17 Dec 2009
The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) has submitted a legal brief to Ugandan President Yowere Museveni outlining how adoption of the Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently being debated would breach both Uganda’s Constitution and its international treaty obligations.
... Country: Uganda
Document type: Legal Briefs
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 09 Dec 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
A letter from the Equal Rights Trust to Commonwealth General Secretary Kamalesh Sharma expressing concern at the continuing and widespread legal discrimination against homosexuals across the Commonwealth of Nations, a situation brought into sharp focus by the...
Country: Uganda
Document type: Legal Briefs
Topic: Gender Identity, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 26 Nov 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This document outlines jurisprudence on discrimination in Russia.
We are grateful to Dewey & LeBoeuf for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is extremely relevant to disseminating information on equality and anti-...
Country: Russia
Document type: Case Law
Document date: 17 Nov 2009
Part A of this document outlines provisions of the Constitution of Belgium that address discrimination on the basis of race and national origin (in French, Dutch, German and English versions of the Constitution). Part B provides links to the text of the...
Country: Belgium
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Indirect Discrimination, Incitement, Race and Ethnicity, Other Status
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation in Belgium that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and national origin in the provision of goods and services. We are grateful to DLA Piper for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is...
Country: Belgium
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Other Status
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation in Belgium that prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation in the field of employment.
We are grateful to DLA Piper for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is extremely relevant to...
Country: Belgium
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Sexual Orientation
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation in France that prohibits gender discrimination in the field of education.
We are grateful to Hogan & Hartson for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is extremely relevant to disseminating...
Country: France
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Sex
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation in France that prohibits racial discrimination in the field of education.
We are grateful to Hogan & Hartson for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is extremely relevant to disseminating...
Country: France
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation in France that prohibits racial discrimination in the field of employment.
We are grateful to Dechert LLP for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is extremely relevant to disseminating...
Country: France
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation in Belgium that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and national origin in the provision of goods and services.
We are grateful to Sullivan & Cromwell LLP for preparing this document on a pro bono basis....
Country: The Netherlands
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Sex
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation in England that prohibits gender, race, disability and age discrimination in access to healthcare.
We are grateful to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their...
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Disability, Age
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
This document outlines legislation and case law in Great Britain that prohibit religious discrimination in the area of employment.
We are grateful to Shearman & Sterling LLP for preparing this document on a pro bono basis. Their contribution is...
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Religion
Document date: 06 Nov 2009
In this letter, the Equal Rights Trust (ERT) calls on members of the National Assembly of Mali to ensure that the draft Persons and Family Code is not regressively amended in response to concerns about the extension of equal rights for women.
ERT says...
Country: Mali
Document type: Legal Briefs
Topic: Sex
Document date: 19 Oct 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
