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.
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Country: Uganda
Document type: Legal Briefs
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 09 Dec 2009
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
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 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 is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision of Communications 48/90, 50/91, 89/93, Amnesty International and Others v. Sudan.
Country: Sudan
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Harassment, Religion
Document date: 08 Nov 1999
This is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision of Communication 212/98, Amnesty International v. Zambia.
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Citizenship, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 08 May 1999
This is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision in the case of Communication 227/99, Democratic Republic of Congo v. Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.
Country: Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 08 May 2003
This is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision in the case of Legal Resources Foundation v Zambia, Communication No. 211/98.
Country: Zambia
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Citizenship
Document date: 07 May 2001
This is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision in the case of OMT v Rwanda, Communication Nos. 27/89, 46/91, 49/91 and 99/93.
Country: Rwanda
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Citizenship, Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 08 Oct 1996
This is the case summary of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights decision in the case of Purohit and Moore v. The Gambia, Communication No. 241/2001.
Country: Gambia
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Disability
Document date: 29 May 2003
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 is the full text, in Portuguese, of the Constitution of the Federative Republic of (Brazil Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil), enacted by the National Constituent Assembly. It was adopted on 5 October 1988 and has been in force since this date...
Country: Brazil
Topic: Age, Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Other Status
Document date: 05 Oct 1988
This is the full text, in Portuguese, of Decree-Law No. 5,452: Consolidation of Labor Laws (Decreto-Lei No. 5,452/43 - Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho), approved by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It was adopted on 1 May 1943 and has been...
Country: Brazil
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Sex, Age, Other Status
Document date: 01 Jan 1970
This is the full text, in Portuguese, of the Decreto-Lei No. 2,848/40 - Penal Code, enacted by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It was adopted on 7 December 1940 and has been in force since 1 January 1942.
Country: Brazil
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 07 Dec 1940
This is the full text, in Portuguese, of the Law (Lei) No. 9,029/95, enacted by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It was adopted on 13 April 1995 and has been in force since this date.
Country: Brazil
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Other Status
Document date: 13 Apr 1995
This is the full text, in Portuguese, of Law (Lei) No. 7,716/89, enacted by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It was adopted on 5 January 1989 and has been in force since this date.
Country: Brazil
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity
Document date: 05 Jan 1989
This is the full text, in Portuguese, of the Law (Lei) No. 9,455/97, enacted by the President of the Federative Republic of Brazil. It was adopted on 7 April 1997 and has been in force since this date.
Country: Brazil
Document type: National Legislation
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Religion
Document date: 07 Apr 1997
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
This document outlines Russian Laws that relate to equality and anti-discrimination.
Country: Russia
Document type: National Legislation
Document date: 18 Feb 2010
The Equal Rights Review, Volume Four.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the editorial to The Equal Rights Review, Volume Four, written by Dimitrina Petrova.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Contents, The Equal Rights Review, Volume Four
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is an article by Christopher McCrudden, Raya Muttarak, Heather Hamill, and Anthony Heath entitled Affirmative Action without Quotas in Northern Ireland. It was published in Volume Four of The Equal Rights Review.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Positive Action
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
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 an article by Sibongile Ndashe and Solomon Sacco entitled Watch the Courts Dance: Litigating the Right to Non-discrimination on the Ground of Sex. It was published in Volume Four of The Equal Rights Review.
Country: Tanzania
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Sex
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
This is an article by Amal De Chickera entitled Through the Lens of Dignity: An Essay on Equality and Liberty. It was published in Volume Four of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
On 14 October 2009, the Anti-homosexuality Bill was introduced before the parliament of Uganda. The Bill received international criticism from human rights organisations and states alike. If passed, the Anti-homosexuality Bill would legitimise, institutionalise...
Country: Uganda
Document type: Advocacy Statements
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Excerpts from the ERT Legal Brief on the Ugandan Anti-homosexuality Bill 2009.
Country: Uganda
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Sexual Orientation
Document date: 22 Feb 2010
Source: Equal Rights Trust
