ECON 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Cornrows, De Jure, Rastafari
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The right to equality/non-discrimination and the rights of women. The right to equality in international human rights law. In the state of lugano, the hulu tribe has its own minority language. The tribe members struggle to get recognition for that language in many domains in the state. The government of lugano passed a law in 2007 prohibiting any individual who speaks a minority language from taking part in local or national elections. Mr. x, a member of the hulu tribe, has sought election several times and has been prevented from doing so by this law. He has prepared a case before the national courts, but he has been waiting 8 years for his claim to be heard. Lugano has ratified the core international human rights treaties. The right to non-discrimination (on the basis of language) Iccpr, articles 2 and 26 and article 25 (political.
