Back cover of Stand Up and Fight: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Solomon Islands focuses on discrimination and inequality in Solomon Islands and exposes the extent of discrimination and inequality experienced by groups including women;...
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Country: Solomon Islands
Document type: Reports
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 20 Jan 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Bibliography of Stand Up and Fight: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Solomon Islands a report which focuses on discrimination and inequality in Solomon Islands and exposes the extent of discrimination and inequality experienced by groups...
Country: Solomon Islands
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 20 Jan 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Conclusions and Recommendations of Stand Up and Fight: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Solomon Islands a report which focuses on discrimination and inequality in Solomon Islands and exposes the extent of discrimination and inequality...
Country: Solomon Islands
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 20 Jan 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Part 1 of Stand Up and Fight: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Solomon Islands a report which focuses on discrimination and inequality in Solomon Islands and exposes the extent of discrimination and inequality experienced by groups including...
Country: Solomon Islands
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 20 Jan 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Part 2 of Stand Up and Fight: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Solomon Islands a report which focuses on discrimination and inequality in Solomon Islands and exposes the extent of discrimination and inequality experienced by groups including...
Country: Solomon Islands
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 20 Jan 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Part 3 of Stand Up and Fight: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Solomon Islands a report which focuses on discrimination and inequality in Solomon Islands and exposes the extent of discrimination and inequality experienced by groups including...
Country: Solomon Islands
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 20 Jan 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Abstract from the article: Transgender people—people whose gender identity or expression is different from their assigned sex at birth—and their allies advocate for the inclusion of gender identity or transgender in state non-discrimination policies. These...
Country: USA
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Gender Identity
Document date: 01 Oct 2015
Source: Research and Politics
Abstract from the article: What are the effects of judicial action and policy implementation on attitude change? The previous literature indicates that attitudes may change, but there is some debate about its direction...In 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court made...
Country: USA
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 01 Dec 2015
Source: The Williams Institute
Extract from the report: The framework contained in this document draws together contemporary knowledge and practice in violence prevention. Its focus is on addressing the root causes as well as risk and protective factors (...) associated with Violence Against...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 24 Nov 2015
Source: UN Women
Extract from the report: A woman is raped and blamed for her assault. A wife is relentlessly beaten at home and told to bear it. A gay man is attacked and is more likely to be prosecuted than his attacker. A sex worker working illegally is abused and blackmailed...
Country: Tunisia
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 25 Nov 2015
Source: Amnesty International
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
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
Extract from the handbook:This handbook on European law relating to the rights of the child is jointly prepared by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and the Council of Europe together with the Registry of the European Court of Human Rights. It...
Document type: Educational Materials
Topic: Age
Document date: 01 Nov 2015
Source: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights
Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights’ Compilation Report for the Universal Periodic Review of Madagascar.
Country: Madagascar
Document type: Advocacy Statements
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 01 Mar 2014
Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Extract from the report: It’s been six months since as many as 1,000 Rohingya fleeing from Myanmar died in the Andaman Sea. And still, neighboring nations remain resistant to recognizing the Rohingya people’s rights as refugees. Even after neighboring governments...
Country: Myanmar
Document type: Reports
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 17 Nov 2015
Source: Refugees International
Extract from the report: Pakistan has hosted several million Afghan refugees since the late 1970s, but hostility toward its Afghan population increased dramatically after the so-called Pakistani Taliban attacked a school in Peshawar in December 2014, killing more...
Country: Pakistan
Document type: Reports
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date:
Source: Human Rights Watch
Extract from the report: Since April 2015, Burundi has been descending into chaos, forcing more than 200,000 civilians to flee to neighboring countries. But these well-documented refugee flows are only part of a larger, more disturbing story. The impunity and...
Country: Burundi
Document type: Reports
Topic: Other Status
Document date: 18 Nov 2015
Source: Refugees International
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 01 Jan 2014
Source: Human Dignity Trust
Extract from the authors: People and their talents are among the core drivers of sustainable, long-term economic growth. If half of these talents are underdeveloped or underutilised, growth and sustainability will be compromised. Moreover, there is a compelling...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 01 Nov 2015
Source: World Economic Forum
Extract from the report: A quality education, a decent job, access to healthcare and a life free from violence and discrimination are necessary foundations for women and girls to be equal partners with men and boys in every aspect of life. Progress of the World’s...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sex
Document date: 21 Oct 2015
Source: UN Women
Extract on the report taken from the website of the Williams Institute: Lesbian gay bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people file public accommodations discrimination complaints based on sexual orientation and gender identity as frequently as people of colour and...
Country: USA
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 01 Feb 2016
Source: The Williams Institute
Summary of the report from the Williams Institute: A new report by Williams Institute researchers estimates the number of transgender people ages 13 and older in states where bills have been introduced that would negatively impact transgender people. These...
Country: USA
Document type: Reports
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 09 Mar 2016
Source: The Williams Institute
A briefing on the situation of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand - from Fortify Rights and Burmese Rohingya Organization UK.
Extract from report summary:
In May 2015, human trafficking syndicates abandoned boats...
Country: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
Document type: Reports
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion
Document date: 01 Mar 2016
Source: Fortify Rights
The report of the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsák, presented to the UN Human Rights Council. The report provides an update of her activities during 2015. It includes a thematic analysis on the topic of minorities and discrimination based on...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Socio-Economic Status
Document date: 28 Jan 2016
Source: UN Human Rights Council
The first report of the UN Independent Expert on the enjoyment of human rights by persons with albinism, Ikponwosa Ero. In the report, Ms. Ero presents a plan to spearhead the identification of the root causes of attacks on persons with albinism. “This will...
Document type: Reports
Topic: Other Status, Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Victimisation, Remedies and Enforcement
Document date: 18 Jan 2016
Source: UN Human Rights Council
Article from Jade Glenister, Legal and Programmes Assistant at the Equal Rights Trust written for volume 16 of the Equal Rights Review which focused on intersectionality.
Country: Jordan
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Sex
Document date: 01 Apr 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Editorial for the 16th Volume of the Equal Rights Review written by Executive Director of the Equal Rights Trust, Dimitrina Petrova.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Discrimination Grounds
Document date: 01 Apr 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article from Gerard Quinn written for the 16th volume of the Equal Rights Review which focuses on intersectionality.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 01 Apr 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article from Ben Smith, Legal Research Intern at the Equal Rights Trust, written for volume 16 of the Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination
Document date: 01 Apr 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Article from Se-shaun Wheatle for volume 16 of the Equal Rights Review which had a special focus on intersectionality.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 01 Apr 2016
Source: Equal Rights Trust
