Age discrimination exceptionalism? Wouter Vandenhole[*] Discrimination on the basis of chronological age (in short: age discrimination) is an under-researched dimension of human rights discrimination law. In what follows, I will explore some of the conceptual challenges that age discrimination may pose. My background is in children’s rights law and human rights law. I approach children’s […]
Student Discounts and other preferential treatment on grounds of age: untangling scope, legitimate objectives, and proportionate responses
Student Discounts and other preferential treatment on grounds of age: untangling scope, legitimate objectives, and proportionate responses Dr. Elaine Dewhurst[*] Introduction Providing student discounts or other forms of preferential treatment which essentially amount to free access, reduced tariffs, or preferential access to certain groups based on age has become a social norm from which it […]
Interrogating “Discrimination” on the Basis of Chronological Age
Interrogating “Discrimination” on the Basis of Chronological Age Gerald L. Neuman[*] This essay addresses legal regulation of discrimination on the basis of chronological age, or “age discrimination” for short,[1] from the perspective of human rights law as a complex system of positive law serving normative ends. It first describes some of the positive law of […]
Should the standards used to evaluate the claims of discrimination based on age vary depending on the field(s) of activity to which the norm applies? When to use age and when to use capacity based approaches.
Should the standards used to evaluate the claims of discrimination based on age vary depending on the field(s) of activity to which the norm applies? When to use age and when to use capacity based approaches. Jonathan Herring[*] As is well known, in response to the varying capabilities of children and adults lawyers tend to […]
What’s in a Name? Intersectional Implications of Forced Surname in Turkey
What’s in a Name? Intersectional Implications of Forced Surname Change in Turkey Shaza Loutfi[*] Arab women do not take their husband’s last name after marriage.[1] Yet in 2021, I became the first woman in an entire line of female Arab ancestry to change her last name after marriage, not by choice, but forcibly by the […]
Children’s Rights and Voting Age Discrimination
Children’s Rights and Voting Age Discrimination John Wall[*] International and national laws rarely refer explicitly to age discrimination, and even when they do, they typically focus on age discrimination against the elderly, not the young. Even the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), one of whose foundational principles in article 2 is prohibition […]