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In a 5 – 4 ruling delivered on 26 June 2015, the US Supreme Court determined that the right to marriage equality was protected by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. The decision in the case, Obergefell v Hodges, means that same-sex marriage is now legal...
Country: USA
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Sexual Orientation, Direct Discrimination
Document date: 07 Jul 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Country: Jamaica
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 01 Jul 2015
Source: United Kingdom Home Office
Annual Activity Report 2014 - 2015
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 01 Jul 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
In a 5 – 4 ruling delivered on 26 June 2015, the US Supreme Court determined that the right to marriage equality was protected by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. The decision in the case, Obergefell v Hodges, means that same-sex marriage is now...
Country: USA
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 26 Jun 2015
Source: Supreme Court of the United States
Equal Rights Trust Case Summary which looks at Samantha Elauf, a practicing Muslim, who had been refused a job with clothing store, Abercrombie and Fitch because her headscarf was deemed incompatible with the company's "Look Policy" which prohibits "caps" at...
Country: USA
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Religion, Indirect Discrimination
Document date: 15 Jun 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Judgement from the Supreme Court of the United States on a case involving the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Petitioner representation of Samantha Elauf v Abercrombie and Fitch. Elauf a practicing Muslim wears a headscarf following her religious...
Country: USA
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Religion, Indirect Discrimination
Document date: 15 Jun 2015
Source: Supreme Court of the United States
Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Each year since 2012, UNHCR has issued an annual...
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Sex
Document date: 06 May 2015
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Equal Rights Trust Alternative Report Submitted to the 114 Session of the Human Rights Committee: UK
Equal Rights Trust alternative report submitted to the 114 session of the Human Rights Committee in relation to the seventh periodic report submitted by the United Kingdom. This submission focuses on the extent to which the United Kingdom has met its obligations...
Country: United Kingdom
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 01 May 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Extract from the report: Romani children in the Czech Republic have for decades suffered systemic discrimination in primary education. Many are placed in so-called practical schools designated for pupils with mild mental disabilities. Those in mainstream...
Country: Czech Republic
Document type: Reports
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 22 Apr 2015
Source: Amnesty International
The Equal Rights Review (the ERR) is the bi-annual peer-reviewed journal on equality produced by the Equal Rights Trust. Launched in 2008, the journal is a resource for those seeking to combat discrimination or promote equality, be they academics, activists,...
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 12 Apr 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article written by Professor Sir Bob Hepple for vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Links with Other Issues, Equality and Socio-Economic Rights
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article for vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review, written by Richard Wingfield and Jim Fitzgerald of the Equal Rights Trust.
Country: Ukraine
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article written by Aileen McColgan for vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review which has a special focus on religion.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article from Nazila Ghanea Associate Professor in International Human Rights Law written for vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review which has a special focus on religion.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article from Richy Thompson, Campaigns Manager at the British Humanist Association, featured in vol 14...
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article from Lucy Vickers Professor of Law at Oxford University on Religion and Workplace, featured in vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review.
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article featured in vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review by Tim Cunningham.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Testimony from a woman who experienced discrimination at work because of her association with Islam. The testimony was featured in vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review which had a special focus on religion.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
In this interview opinions are contrasted on religion and equality between Ahmed Shaheed, Maldivian diplomat and politician and an expert on human rights and advocate for democracy and Eva Brems, Belgian university professor, human rights defender and...
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality, Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This case note was written by Joanna Whiteman (Equal Rights Trust) for vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review which had a special focus on religion.
Country: France
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Rising religious intolerance and attacks across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, and the negative, and often over-simplistic, reaction of the media and opposing movements has heightened and created divisions, tensions and discrimination among, and against,...
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Discrimination Grounds, Religion
Document date: 31 Mar 2015
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This volume put together by Minority Rights Group International highlights the continued failure of many municipal officials, city planners and other urban decision makers to recognise and support their minority and indigenous populations. It draws attention to...
Document type: Reports
Document date: 01 Mar 2015
Source: Minority Rights Group International
Findings from a call for evidence on religion and belief in the workplace made by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in August 2014.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Reports
Topic: Religion
Document date: 01 Mar 2015
Source: Equality and Human Rights Commission
Extract from the report: In this latest report plan international has asked people from all over the world and from many different walks of life to reflect on the issues covered earlier in the series and to find in this significant milestone of a year reasons to...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 20 Jan 2015
Source: Plan
Extract from the Executive Summary of the report: What are the particular needs, issues, risks and vulnerabilities that face imprisoned women across the world? What challenges and promising practices are common in their management? And where do these practices...
Country: Jordan
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 01 Jan 2015
Source: Dignity Institute
The Guide identifies equality and non-discrimination strategies that NGOs, lawyers and activists may employ in seeking to advance economic and social rights (ESRs) before courts.It is split into three parts; having introduced the rights framework, the Guide...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Socio-Economic Status, Links with Other Issues, Equality and Socio-Economic Rights
Document date: 10 Dec 2014
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Extract from within the report: Through the Global Gender Gap Report, the World Economic Forum quantifies the magnitude of genderbased disparities and tracks their progress over time. While no single measure can capture the complete situation, the...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 24 Oct 2014
Source: World Economic Forum
Equal Only in Name: The Human Rights of Stateless Rohingya in Thailand
Country: Thailand
Document type: Reports
Document date: 17 Oct 2014
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Equal Only in Name: The Human Rights of Stateless Rohingya in Malaysia
Country: Malaysia
Document type: Reports
Topic: Prohibited Conduct
Document date: 17 Oct 2014
Source: Equal Rights Trust
A Practical Guide for Civil Society - Civil Society Space and the United Nations Human Rights System
This is the sixth in Office of High Commissioner for Human Rights’ series of human rights practical guides for civil society, and should be seen within the context of ‘Widening the democratic space’, one of OHCHR’s current thematic priorities. This Guide...
Document type: International Instruments
Document date: 02 Oct 2014
Source: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
