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27 Apr 2023, 10:11 am
” The post Pope Francis approves reforms granting women the right to vote at bishops’ meetings appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
10 Jan 2011, 5:47 am
As noted by the Legal Action Group Blog recently the impacts of the cuts will disproportionately hit already disadvantaged groups, including women. [read post]
3 Jul 2009, 1:50 am
In Canada, an Ontario trial court judge has refused to permit the Christian Legal Fellowship and the Catholic Civil Rights League (as well as a conservative women's group, REAL Women of Canada) to intervene in a case challenging the constitutionality of several of Ontario's anti-prostitution laws. [read post]
8 Nov 2016, 9:50 am
[JURIST] A third fewer women than men lack Internet access in the world's poorest countries—a gap that is set to widen, according to a report released Tuesday by the poverty rights organization One [advocacy website]. [read post]
26 May 2020, 7:07 am
In June 2019, the Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 41/6, in which it requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a report, in close cooperation with the Working Group on Discrimination against Women (WGDLP) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, on current levels of representation of women in human rights organs and mechanisms such as the Advisory Committee, the treaty bodies and the special procedures… [read post]
13 Mar 2020, 9:40 am
In June 2019, the Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 41/6, in which it requested the Advisory Committee to prepare a report, in close cooperation with the Working Group on Discrimination against Women (WG) and the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, on current levels of representation of women in human rights organs and mechanisms such as the Advisory Committee, the treaty bodies and the special procedures… [read post]
8 Feb 2017, 8:31 am
A key conclusion of the Global Study on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 was the need for improved synergies between the treaty-based human rights system and the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda: To fully realize the human rights obligations of the women, peace and security agenda, all intergovernmental bodies and human rights mechanisms must act in synergy to protect and promote women’s and girls’ rights at all… [read post]
18 Jul 2021, 5:16 am
*This Panel is sponsored by the Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, ASIL’s Women In International Law Interest Group, GQUAL, and the Institute for African Women in Law. [read post]
1 Dec 2021, 12:01 pm
In their letter, the rights groups noted that the regulatory vacuum in the development and use of AI systems is increasingly threatening human rights and the EU’s democratic values. [read post]
10 May 2013, 6:06 am
The women's group, pressing for women's religious rights, worships at the Western Wall each month on Rosh Chodesh (the beginning of the new month). [read post]
21 Oct 2015, 5:33 am
From HuffPost: Around the world, women in 155 countries face legal restrictions on the economic opportunities available to them, according to the recent World Bank Group's reportWomen, Business and the Law 2016, which highlights the challenges women face in the... [read post]
1 May 2012, 2:08 pm
Intent on granting legal rights to fertilized eggs, these anti-choice activists sought to strip women of their right to determine when and whether to access those critical health care services. [read post]
27 Aug 2009, 2:37 am
[JURIST] Mali President Amadou Toumani Toure [BBC profile] announced Wednesday that he will not sign a controversial law expanding women's rights, after objections by the country's High Islamic Council. [read post]
26 Feb 2023, 10:22 am
The post US federal judge: Texas law criminalizing abortion not applicable to groups helping women travel out of state to get abortions appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
4 Jul 2022, 4:00 am
Part of the "prize" that various groups seek on their way up to full citizenship is the right to oppress the others. [read post]
12 Jul 2009, 6:10 am
In Saudi Arabia, the Society for Defending Women's Rights says that the country's religious police, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, are ultimately responsible for the "honor killing" of two sisters by their brother. [read post]
4 Dec 2020, 10:38 am
Similarly, the Trump-led Department of Housing and Urban Development rolled back a 2013 Disparate Impact rule protecting people harmed by policies that disproportionately injure women, people of color, and other marginalized groups who have historically faced barriers to housing. [read post]
26 Jun 2019, 6:54 am
At least nine other civil society submissions echoed our demands, including from 60 African human rights groups, led by the Southern Africa Litigation Center; 12 transgender rights groups; two intersex rights groups; and Human Rights Watch. [read post]
13 Apr 2023, 5:17 pm
The post Rights groups report Iran executed over 500 people in 2022 appeared first on JURIST - News. [read post]
9 May 2008, 6:52 am
So who's right? [read post]
