April | 2015 | When humans become migrants

Episode fifteen: How the Inter-American Court takes a different approach to human rights

How does the approach of the Costa Rica-based Inter-American Court of Human Rights compare to that of the European Court of Human Rights? We start exploring this question through two cases that involved Mexico and the US. Both cases gave rise to advisory opinions. In the first, the Inter-American Court explained how it thought human…

Episode fourteen: Treating nationals and non-nationals equally — a human rights duty

In this episode I discuss the way we currently allow nation states to treat nationals and non-nationals differently. [podcast]https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/humanrights/files/2015/04/hrm14_treating_nationals_and_non-nationals_equally-12yunvo.mp3[/podcast] (If you have problems with the embedded player use this link to listen). Liberty and equality are the two key principles that underpin human rights law. Every human being should be free, every human being is…

Episode thirteen: All equals?

Would you say it should be acceptable to deny a legally settled foreign worker who has contributed to a national social security system the opportunity to draw on a pension fund simply because he is a foreigner? [podcast]https://blogs.brighton.ac.uk/humanrights/files/2015/04/hrm13_all_equals_gaygusuz-1o2zbzq.mp3[/podcast] (If you have problems with the embedded player use this link to listen). The European Court of…