Driving while Bahá’í: A Typology of Religious Discrimination
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.
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.
Article written by Aileen McColgan for vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review which has a special focus on religion.
Editorial of vol 14 of the Equal Rights Review by Executive Director of the Equal Rights Trust, Dimitrina Petrova.
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 belief. She applied for a job at a clothing store, Abercrombie and Fitch, and was invited for an interview. During the interview neither Elauf nor the interviewer mentioned the headscarf, and Elauf was rated well for her skills.
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 work.
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, communities globally.The 14th biannual edition of the Equal Rights Review draws on a broad range of expertise from human rights lawyers, academics, activists and other key experts to explore the impact of religious discrimination on the real lives of believers and non-believers around the world.
Judgment from 14 October 2013. Malaysian Court of Appeal issued its judgment in Menteri Dalam Negeri v Titular Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kuala Lumpur, in which it ruled on whether a state prohibition on the use of the word ?Allah? by a Roman Catholic publication was constitutional. In a decision which exposes the pervasive institutional discrimination against non-Muslims in Malaysia, the Court held that the imposition of the prohibition did not amount to a breach of the constitutional rights to freedom of speech and religion.
Washing the Tigers: Addressing Discrimination and Inequality in Malaysia is the second report in ERT?s country report series. It is the first ever comprehensive account of discrimination and inequalities on all grounds and in all areas of life in Malaysia. It is based on extensive field research and makes a set of detailed recommendations for reforms to law, policy and practice in respect of equality and non-discrimination.
This situation report provides an overview of the violence against and human rights abuse of Rohingya within Rakhine State in Myanmar in June 2012. The Rohingya are a stateless, ethnic and religious minority who were arbitrarily deprived of a nationality in 1982 and have suffered systematic arbitrary and discriminatory treatment in Myanmar for many decades.
This is ERT's letter Mr. Mohamed Mijarul Quayes, Foreign Secretary of the People?s Republic of Bangladesh, expressing concern regarding the closing of Bangladeshi Border to Rohingya Refugees.