The Comment updates the previous Comment on Article 3 (see CCPR General Comment 4: Equality between the sexes), under which States Parties are obligated to ensure enjoyment of rights without any discrimination and harmonize national legislation with the...
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Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Sex
Document date: 08 Apr 2009
This 1996 publication is a collection of instruments adopted by the UN system, including ILO and UNESCO towards furthering the goal of the elimination of all forms of discrimination. Race, gender and disability are the three grounds covered by the instruments...
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Race and Ethnicity, Sex, Disability
Document date: 08 Apr 2009
This is the case summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of Supreme Holy Council of the Muslim Community v. Bulgaria (Application No. 39023/97).
Country: Bulgaria
Document type: Case Law
Document date: 31 Mar 2009
This is a case summary of the Belgian Constitutional Court's decision in the case of Arrêt No. 41/2009.
Country: Belgium
Document type: Case Law
Document date: 11 Mar 2009
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Justice decision of the Incorporated Trustees of the National Council on Ageing (Age Concern England) v. Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform.
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Direct Discrimination, Age, Exceptions and Justification
Document date: 05 Mar 2009
This is the ERT letter sent to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, appealing for him to endorse the Declaration of Principles on Equality on the World Day of Social Justice.
Document type: Advocacy Statements
Topic: Development and Equal Rights
Document date: 20 Feb 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the ERT case summary of the European Court of Human Rights case of Andrejeva v. Latvia (Application no. 55707/00). The case was handed down by the Grand Chamber of the Court and found a violation of article 14 in conjunction with article 1 of Protocol...
Country: Latvia
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Citizenship, Direct Discrimination
Document date: 18 Feb 2009
This legal mapping paper has been produced as part of an Equal Rights Trust (ERT) project to document the detention or restriction of stateless persons. It explores and critiques the legal protection available to stateless persons whose liberty has been unduly...
Document type: Policy Documents
Topic: Citizenship, Other Status
Document date: 04 Feb 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This paper has been produced as part of an Equal Rights Trust (ERT) project to document the detention or restriction of stateless persons. Its purpose is to explore how a lack of effective nationality can impact on the right to be free from arbitrary detention...
Document type: Policy Documents
Topic: Citizenship, Multiple Discrimination, Other Status
Document date: 04 Feb 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the Declaration of Principles on Equality which appears in a special section in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 09 Jan 2009
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the Editorial of the second issue of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is an article written by Paola Uccellari which appears in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Country: European Union
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Harassment, Religion
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
This is an article written by Shanon Shah which appears in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Country: Malaysia
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Harassment, Religion
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
This is an article written by P. Imrana Jalal which appears in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Country: Fiji
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Violence, Extreme Poverty and Inequality: the Voices of Civilians Trapped in Conflict in Northern Sri Lanka records the experiences of six civilians trapped between the parties to the ongoing conflict in northern Sri Lanka.
Country: Sri Lanka
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Interview - Promoting a Paradigm Shift appears in volume two of the Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Topic: Reasonable Accommodation, Disability
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Ivan Fiser, ERT Advocacy and Research Director, sets out ERT's advocacy work from May 2008 to December 2008 in The Equal Rights Review Volume Two.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is an update on current ERT projects that appears in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the work itinerary for ERT which appears in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Declaration of principles on Equality: A New Covenant for the 21st Century appears as a special article in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is the legal commentary "The Declaration of Principles on Equality: A Contribution to International Human Rights" written by Dimitrina Petrova which appears in Volume Two of The Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Equal Rights Trust Other
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
The Equal Rights Review, Volume Two
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Testimony from volume two of the Equal Rights Review.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Topic: Socio-Economic Status
Document date: 31 Dec 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Russian Translation of the Declaration of Principles on Equality. The Declaration seeks to broaden the consensus, generate interest and debate and thus contribute to reaffirming and developing the right to equality. The principles formulated and agreed by the...
Country: Russia
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Theories of Equality and Non-Discrimination, Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 11 Nov 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is a Romanian Translation of the Declaration of Principles on Equality, a set of 27 core principles on the right to equality which were developed and endorsed by 128 experts from over 40 different countries as expressing a "moral and professional consensus...
Country: Romania
Document type: International Instruments
Topic: Unified Human Rights Framework on Equality
Document date: 11 Nov 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
Principle test
Document type: Draft Law
Document date: 21 Oct 2008
Source: Equal Rights Trust
This is a legal commentary by Dr. Dimitrina Petrova on the Declaration of Principles on Equality. It provides an account of the development of the Declaration and an overview of how a number of the Principles were formulated.
Document type: Articles and Commentary
Document date: 21 Oct 2008
This is the ERT case summary of the Northern Ireland Industrial Tribunal decision in the case of Elizabeth Hand v. Police Authority for Northern Ireland and the Criminal Records Office (Case ref: 1691/01).
Country: United Kingdom
Document type: Case Law
Topic: Disability
Document date: 06 Oct 2008
