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Carroll & O'Dea
Artworks such as the Ladies Lounge are distinguishable from a gender-exclusive facility with respect to 'discrimination'.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
How international humanitarian law and private security fit within the framework of responsible business conduct.
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Considers key drivers of change and discusses transformational approaches to integrating business and human rights.
Canada
Fasken (French)
Les tribunaux albertains ont conclu qu'une école privée avait fait preuve de discrimination à l'égard de deux étudiants en ne leur permettant pas de prier à l'école.
Spring Law
Employers often wonder how to handle requests for leaves of absence from employees.
Fasken
The Alberta courts found that a private school discriminated against two students by not allowing them to pray at school. This decision is a good reminder...
Dentons
In a series of prior publications, which you can find here and here, we set out Canada's modern slavery reporting obligations under the Fighting Against Forced Labour...
MLT Aikins LLP
The Alberta Human Rights Commission recently upheld a Director's decision to dismiss a former employee's complaint as a result of the employee refusing to accept a fair and reasonable settlement offer.
Lawson Lundell LLP
In a previous blog post, we discussed the recently enacted Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act, also known as the Modern Slavery Act (the "Act").
Rubin Thomlinson LLP
En parcourant les nouvelles, je suis tombé sur un article d'opinion qui faisait état de récentes études ayant mesuré des changements de personnalité généralisés au lendemain de la COVID-19.
Langlois Lawyers, LLP
Dans cette affaire, le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (le « Syndicat »), qui représente des chauffeurs d'autobus...
Cyprus
Y. Vasiliou & Co LLC
The fundamental rights and freedoms of a person are established and guaranteed by the Constitution of the Republic of Cyprus ("the Constitution"), and more specifically, by Part 2.
India
Metalegal Advocates
The case of Ram Kotumal Issrani v. Directorate of Enforcement[i] was brought before the Bombay High Court (‘BHC'). This criminal writ petition...
Hitesh Soni & Associates
Palestine is a state party to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC). This means that Hamas leaders and personnel can be held accountable for committing genocide, crimes against humanity, or war crimes, ...
Jersey
Baker & Partners
The Court of Appeal of Jersey has held that a Jersey statutory provision is not compatible with a human right protected by the European Convention on Human Rights.
Luxembourg
CMS Luxembourg
As part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission proposed the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("CSDDD" or the "Directive") on 23 February 2022...
Mexico
Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa
¡Conoce el poder que tienen las palabras en el ejercicio de liderazgo! Te invitamos a consultar el artículo escrito por nuestro socio Alfonso García Campos y nuestra abogada Alina Hernández Lacroix en conjunto con Abogadas MX.
Nigeria
Bimak Associates
Under the administration of justice in Nigeria, Fundamental human rights are duly recognised as important rights, and as a result, they are entrenched in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).
Switzerland
Lenz & Staehelin
In a historic ruling, the European Court of Human Rights found that the European Convention on Human Rights encompasses a right to effective protection by the State authorities against the adverse effects of climate change.
Loyens & Loeff
On 9 April 2024, the ECHR rendered judgements in three climate change litigation cases, against Switzerland (see here), France (see here) and Portugal (and 32 other European states, see here).
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