Ensuring protection against caste discrimination in Britain: Should the Equality Act 2010 be extended?

The Equality Act 2010 and mental health.

One aim of the Equality Act 2010 is to protect people with disabilities and prevent disability discrimination. We review the key provisions of the Act relevant to disability discrimination with respect to mental illness.

British Developments in Non-Discrimination Law: the Equality Act

In Spring 2010, the British Parliament finally adopted a comprehensive reform of equality law, following a public debate that stretched over more than a decade. The Equality Act 2010 is the biggest reform of British equality legislation since its inception in the 1960s. It entails the repeal of the burgeoning mass of existing legislation and the replacement of these diverse laws with one statut...

Food Standards should be Reviewed and Extended

I-14: Assisted Reproduction and Religion What Consideration Should Be and Should Not Be Relevant,

Several important issues are pertinent to an ethical discussion of the new technology today grouped under the name Assisted Reproduction Technology (ART). This is a moral imperative because each of us must decide what is to be considered ethically acceptable in assisted reproduction. Reflecting on the ethical dimension of ‘creating’ a new human life can play a major role in ensuring that in eac...

Constitutional protection against discrimination of homosexuals.

A brief review of equality for homosexuals prior to 1983 is presented followed by the introduction and explanation of the relevant section of the revised edition of the Dutch Constitution (enacted in 1983). The possible impact of this section on the abolishment of discrimination based on sex and sexual orientation is discussed.