London, 23 October 2013
Two important judgments have recently been given in cases with significant implications for statelessness. The judgments highlight two ends of the spectrum in the battle to eradicate statelessness caused by discrimination on grounds of descent.
London, 17 October 2013
London, 30 September 2013
Today, The Equal Rights Trust published Volume Eleven of The Equal Rights Review (ERR), an interdisciplinary biannual journal intended as a forum for the exchange of legal, philosophical, sociological and other ideas and practical insights for those who are promoting equality.
London, 20 September 2013
On 6 September, the High Court of Guyana issued its judgment in the case of McEwan and others v the Attorney-General (No. 21-M 2010) finding that a legal ban on cross-dressing for an “improper purpose” was not unconstitutional but that the wearing of “attire” in order to express or accentuate “personal sexual orientation in public” could never be considered “improper”. The Court did not accept that the ban on cross-dressing was a violation of the Constitutional rights to be free from discrimination (Article 149) and equal before the law (Article 149D). The applicants now plan to appeal.
London, 17 September 2013 The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) today launches Equal Rights at the Heart of the Post-2015 Development Agenda, a position paper calling for the adoption of comprehensive equality legislation to be included as a specific development goal in the framework established to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
London, 13 August 2013
The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) shares the deep concern expressed by human rights advocates at the adoption, in Russia, of Federal Law No. 135-ФЗ which was signed into law by President Vladimir Putin on 30 June 2013. In a legal analysis submitted to the Russian State Duma before it was passed, ERT argued that the Law would stigmatise lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) persons and their relationships, and that it would conflict with Russia’s obligations under international and European law.
Today, The Equal Rights Trust (ERT) published its latest annual report which provides impact highlights, as well as an overview of work in the period June 2012 – May 2013. ERT’s special place in the international human rights movement is defined by its strategy of promoting equality in a unified human rights framework expressed in the Declaration of Principles on Equality.
London, 8 July 2013
On 25 June 2013, the US Supreme Court (the Court) in Shelby County v Holder, struck down, by a five to four majority, section 4 of the Voting Rights Act 1965. Section 4 is a tool which, taken with section 5 of the Act, has reportedly prevented thousands of racially discriminatory changes to voter registration procedures from being introduced in the past 25 years.
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