La Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CorteIDH) informó hoy que condenó al Estado de Colombia por la desaparición forzada del sindicalista Víctor Manuel Isaza Uribe, ocurrida en 1987.En la sentencia …
Ohio Executive Order 2018-12K
The Executive Order, signed by outgoing Ohio Governor John Kasich extends the prohibition on employment discrimination of state employees to include “gender identity” in order to provide protection to transgendered …
Gov. Kasich bars anti-trans discrimination in Ohio state workforce
With less than a month remaining in office, Ohio Gov. John Kasich — a prominent critic of President Trump within his own party — signed on Wednesday an executive order …
BILL C-423: An Act respecting the fight against certain forms of modern slavery through the imposition of certain measures and amending the Customs Tariff
This enactment enacts the Modern Slavery Act, which imposes an obligation on certain entities to report on the measures taken to prevent and reduce the risk that forced labour or child …
Individual Struggles, Widespread Injustice
A new report from The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) captures the systemic employment discrimination against trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people in New York City. Individual Struggles, Widespread Injustice contains …
Modern Slavery Act aims to block unethical products from Canada
As Canadians pull out their wallets this holiday season, they have no way of knowing whether the gifts they are buying for friends and family were made by modern-day slaves. …
Public unions ask Iowa justices to toss collective bargaining law
Attorneys for Iowa’s two largest public employee unions asked the state’s highest court Wednesday to strike down changes in collective bargaining laws they say unconstitutionally treat some union members differently …
New York City’s transgender community faces significant employment discrimination, new report finds
The New York City Anti-Violence Project (AVP) released a new report Tuesday detailing systemic discrimination against transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people across the city. Compared to the general New York City …
Argentina: two ex-Ford executives convicted in torture case
Two former executives of a local Ford Motor Co plant have been convicted for human rights crimes over the abduction and torture of company workers during Argentina’s 1976-83 dictatorship in a historic …
Corte determina que trabajadoras del hogar deberán ser inscritas al IMSS
La Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación (SCJN) determinó que las trabajadoras del hogar deberán estar inscritas al Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS) tras declarar inconstitucional que no tengan seguridad …
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