The Optional Protocol provides for a mechanism under which individuals or groups of individuals can file complaints with the CEDAW committee against states (that have ratified the optional protocol) for non-compliance with CEDAW. It was adopted by General...
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This is the ERT case Summary of the United Kingdom, Employment Appeal Tribunal decision in the case of Port v. The Royal Mail and Others (Appeal No: EAT/45/99).
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), reference for a preliminary ruling from Germany, decision of Kruger v Kreiskrankenhaus Ebersberg, Case C-281/97 [1999] IRLR 808.
This is the full text of the Disability Rights Commission Act 1999, enacted by the United Kingdom. The Act was adopted on the 27 July 1999 and has been in force since 28 July 1999.
The is the ERT case summary of the UN Human Rights Committee decision of A. P. Johannes Vos v. The Netherlands, Communication No. 786/1997.
This is the ERT case summary of the Canadian Supreme Court decision of M. v H. [1999] 2 S.C.R. 3.
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), reference for a preliminary ruling from the Higher Regional Court in Austria of Angestelltenbetriebsrat der Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse v Wiener Gebietskrankenkasse C-309/97.
This is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision of Communication 212/98, Amnesty International v. Zambia.
This is the ERT case summary of the UN Human Rights Committee decision of Dietmar Pauger v. Austria, Communication No. 716/1996, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/65/D/716/1996.
This is the ERT case summary of the Canadian Federal Court decision in the case of Canadian Human Rights Commission v. Canadian (Armed Forces) [1999] 3 FC 653.
This is the PILI case summary of the United Nations Commitee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination decision Habassi v. Denmark (Communication No 10/1997: Denmark. 06/04/99CERD/C/54/D/10/1997).
This is the ERT case summary in the Canadian Supreme Court decision of Law v Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration) [1999] 1 S.C.R. 497.
This is the ERT case summary of the Indian Supreme Court decision in the case of Ms Githa Hariharan and another v. Reserve Bank of India and another (AIR 1999, 2 SCC 228).
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), referred from the UK's House of Lords, decision of R v Secretary of State for Employment, ex parte Seymour Smith, Case C-167/97 [1999] 2 AC 554.
This is the ERT case summary of the Canadian Federal Court decision in the case of Rose O’Hagan, Susan Field, Janice Nachtegaele and Edith Nelson v. Attorney General of Canada (T-2510-95).
This is a case summary of the High Court of Australia's decision in th case of Re East; Ex parte Nguyen.
This is the ERT case summary of the UN Human Rights Committee decision of Cornelis Hoofdman v The Netherlands, Communication No. 602/1994, U.N. Doc. CCPR/C/64/D/602/1994.
This is the full text (in French only) of the Civil Code enacted by Algeria. It was adopted on 14 November 1998 and has been in force since that date.
Articles 1 - 18 cover substantive rights, including the right to life, the right not to be tortured and right to freedom of expression. In addition, there are also protocols to the Convention that guarantee other substantive rights, such as the right to...
This is the case summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of Norris v. Ireland (Application No. 10581/83).
This is the ERT case summary of the Constitutional Court of South Africa decision of National Coalition for Gay and Lesbian Equality and another v Minister of Justice and others (1998) (6) BCLR 726.
This is the ERT case summary of the Canadian Federal Court decision in the case of The Attorney General Canada v. Laurence Magee and the Canadian Human Rights Commission (T-1159-94).
This is the ERT case summary of the UN Committee on the Elimination of racial Discrimination decision of D. S. v Sweden Communication No. 9/1997, U.N. Doc. CERD/C/53/D/9/1997 (1998).
This is the ERT case summary of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination decision of A. Yilmaz - Dogan v The Netherlands, Communication No. 1/1984, U.N. Doc. CERD/C/36/D/1/1984 (1988).
Article 1 of this directive provides that EU Directive 97/80/EC on shifting the burden of proof in sex discrimination cases "shall apply to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), reference for a preliminary ruling from the UK House of Lords, decision of Georg Badeck and others, Case C-158/97 [2000] ECR I-1875.
This is the United Kingdom's Court of Appeal decision of London Underground Limited v Edwards (No 2) [1998] IRLR 364.
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice (ECJ), reference for a preliminary ruling from the Industrial Tribunal of France, decision of Oumar Dabo Abdoulaye and others v Régie Nationale des Usines Renault SA C-218/98 [1999] ECR I-5723.
This is the ERT case summary of the Northern Ireland fair Employment Tribunal decision in the case of Mark Robins v. Norfil Ltd. (Case ref: 03342/97D, 03343/97RR).
This is the ERT case summary of the Canadian Supreme Court decision of Vriend v Alberta [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493.