The Treaty Principles Bill’s promise of ‘equal rights’ ignores the blind spots of our democracy
For as long as we’ve had democracies, majority rule has left some in the minority worse off. We need to be talking about what ...
The New York Sun8h
Republicans Introduce Bills To Require the Displaying of the Ten Commandments and Creating Prayer Times
A state senator, Phil King, introduced a bill Monday requiring schools to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms. Another ...
The Daily Star6d
The State and its Human Rights obligations
My understanding of the term 'Human Rights' is that they are inalienable birthrights of a human wherever he/she is born in the world and that the state is obligated to ensure, protect, and respect ...
The Bismarck Tribune3h
North Dakota House votes down handful of reproductive rights bills after lengthy floor debates
Abortion, in vitro fertilization and access to contraceptives took center stage at the North Dakota House of Representatives on Wednesday, before lawmakers voted down four bills related to varying for ...
CounterPunch20d
The Constitution Has Gone AWOL
Within days of Donald Trump’s second term, the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights disappeared from the ... “For seven decades we have been yielding our most basic liberties to a secretive ...
MarylandReporter.com9d
Constitutional Rights at Stake: Maryland and the Laken Riley Act
Donald Trump in the White House and both the Senate and House controlled by Republicans—began its term by passing the Laken ...
Québec's Religious Symbols Law: Appealing To The Supreme Court For Real Rights Under The Charter
The Supreme Court of Canada has announced that it will hear a challenge to Québec's secularism law, known as Bill 21 . The law, passed in ...
Mint19d
The women architects of India’s Constitution
It’s been 105 years since women won the right to vote and 75 years since the Constitution ... out “that in drawing up all provisions regarding representation, our sex shall not be made a ...
Dawn15d
Senate’s approval of contentious Peca amendments bill triggers protests across country
Act aims to penalise perpetrators of “fake news” online; media workers stage protests in various cities; Upper House also passes Digital Nation bill.
Philippine Daily Inquirer28d
Hontiveros refutes critics of prevention of adolescent pregnancy bill
Risa Hontiveros is both shocked and outraged about circulating lies surrounding Senate Bill No. 1979 ... of parental rights, family values, and the moral upbringing of our children is essential ...
CNN25d
Trump 2.0 vs. the US Constitution, annotated
Every Bill which shall have passed the House ... The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
GMA Network27d
Escudero not fully supportive of Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Bill
The author of the measure, Senator Risa Hontiveros, said Senate Bill 1979 has no provisions about teaching or encouraging masturbation for children aged zero to four years old, and teaching "bodily ...