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LGBT and Transgender Rights in the United States

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On 15 June 2020, in Bostock v. Clayton County, the United States Supreme Court issued a historic ruling on the rights of LGBT and Transgender Persons. The issue has been extensively considered by Professor McGoldrick in his article on 'The Development and Status of Sexual Orientation Discrimination under International Human Rights Law'.
Date:
17 June 2020

The Annual Fundamental Rights Report 2020 of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency is now available

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The report summarises and analyses major human rights developments in the EU over 2019. HRLC researchers did research for the UK component of the report. The main findings are that growing intolerance and attacks on people's fundamental rights continue to erode the considerable progress achieved over the years.
Date:
15 June 2020

Congratulations to Professor Marko Milanovic who has been awarded a British Academy Mid-Career Fellowship

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Professor Marko Milanovic's research project will explore the international legal aspects of intelligence sharing in multinational military operations.
Date:
05 June 2020

'Bringing Human Rights to Bear on COVID-19': video now available

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What are the human rights issues raised by COVID-19? To what extent do government responses to the pandemic comply with human rights law? These and other key questions were addressed by an international team of HRLC experts: Professor Robert McCorquodale, Professor Marko Milanovic and HRLC Co-Director Professor Aoife Nolan.
Date:
01 June 2020

Congratulations to HRLC member Professor Annamaria LaChimia, who was awarded British Academy funding for a project on Sustainable Food Procurement for Schools

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HRLC member Professor LaChimia will work in collaboration with colleagues from the University La Sapienza di Rome.
Date:
05 May 2020

Refugee Lawyer Visits Nottingham

Date:
31 January 2020

HRLC was awarded funding by the Equality and Human Rights Commission

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?We are pleased to announce that HRLC has been awarded funding to work with the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) on a project aiming at obtaining a clearer understanding of how civil society organisations (CSOs) based in England and Wales use the international human rights framework (IHRF), the Human Rights Act 1998, the Equality Act 2020 and the Public Sector Equality Duty in their work.
Date:
09 January 2020

Publication of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency's report on 'Criminal detention conditions in the European Union: rules and reality'

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HRLC did research for the UK component of the report.
Date:
11 December 2019

Call for Papers: Annual Student Human Rights Conference

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Our annual Human Rights Conference, organised by a student committee, is a great opportunity for early career researchers, students, academics, practitioners and the general public to participate in discussions and learning about human rights law and practice.
Date:
18 November 2019
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