by Caroline Gretton The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has announced that the “enforcement action against employers failing to report their gender pay gap will start on 5 October 2021”. The gender pay gap reporting enforcement was suspended by the EHRC in March 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19, meaning that the enforcement…
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Innovation fuels the change to Green Energy
by Kofo Babalola Imagine living in a society where all the electricity is generated from solar, wind, water and geothermal energy. This is a complete shift to green energy which is dependable on the weather that is continuously fluctuating. There is no way of determining the reliability of this source of energy. What if there…
When foreign investors control domestic policies
How trade deals allow private sector interests to hinder development by Léa Brette In December 2019, the Netherlands passed legislation to shut down all coal-fired power plants by 2030. The adopted law supports the Netherlands’ commitment to reduce CO2 emissions by 49% in 2030 and 95% in 2050, based-off its 1990 levels. However, far from…
We come together in advocacy for Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe to return to the UK
by Viviana Biasco Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s daughter, Gabriella, outside the Iranian Embassy in London last week Photo by Facundo Arrizabalaga/EPA on The Times Who is Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe? Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a dual British and Iranian citizen, who, prior to her arrest, lived in London alongside her husband, Richard Radcliffe, and daughter Gabriella. She worked as a project manager for the charity Thomson Reuters…
New Year, New Journal
The Amnesty Journal is getting remodelled!
Why We Need to Avoid Stereotypes in the Classroom
I am more than the chicken tikka masala you order from your Indian takeaway
White Stories Matter More: what the English curriculum tells our students
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”
Experiences of Ethnic Minorities at UCL
It was 2017 and there were people who thought that Africa was a country. Sadly, I have heard of people who still think this in 2020.
Addressing Child Marriage at its Roots
150 million girls will be subjected to child marriage by 2030 if no further action is taken now.
UNCRC Article 7
“If you’ve got no passport you’re officially dead”
… But we are still alive, my dear, but we are still alive.
The (de)colonisation of the Chagos Islands
‘a disguised face of neo-colonialism is still prevalent today and will prevail until powerful states release their grips on less powerful ones’
LASPO and the Right of Access to Justice
‘certain fundamental rights… include the rights to life, liberty, freedom of expression and so on. But what makes these rights meaningful?’
The Amnesty 