Just published:

"Evolution of Indigenous Peoples’ Rights as Human Rights: Contribution of Sámi Rights Cases at UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies"
– by Martin Scheinin & Mattias Åhrén
https://doi.org/10.1080/18918131.2026.2639220

#OpenAccess
#IndigenousPeoples
#humanRights
#culture
#selfDetermination
#nonDiscrimination
#positiveObligations
#intergenerationalRights
#climateChange
#NordicCountries
#SámiPeople
#UNHumanRightsTreatyBodies
#FPIC
#UNDRIP

⚖️ Arrêt dans l’affaire C-258/24 Katholische Schwangerschaftsberatung :
Une association catholique peut-elle licencier une employée au seul motif qu’elle s’est retirée de l’Église catholique ?

🎥 💬 Les explications du juge François Biltgen, sous-titrées dans toutes les langues de l’UE 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/1539323_EmbedVideo/fr/judgment-katholische-schwangerschaftsberatung-explained-c-258/24
📰 CP 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-03/cp260037fr.pdf

#CJUE #DroitUE #Égalité #NonDiscrimination

⚖️ Judgment in Case C-258/24 Katholische Schwangerschaftsberatung:
Can a Catholic association dismiss an employee solely because she has left the Catholic Church?

🎥 💬 Judge François Biltgen explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/site/jcms/1539323_EmbedVideo/en/judgment-katholische-schwangerschaftsberatung-explained-c-258/24
📰 PR 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/site/upload/docs/application/pdf/2026-03/cp260037en.pdf

#CJEU #EUlaw #Equality #NonDiscrimination

Bills on the Move: Senate concurs in changes to SB 5974, House starts debate on million-dollar earners tax

Here's a roundup of some of the priority NPI bills that saw action in the Washington State Legislature on Monday, March 9th, 2026.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/03/bills-on-the-move-senate-concurs-in-changes-to-sb-5974-house-starts-debate-on-million-dollar-earners-tax.html

#BillsontheMove #FiscalResponsibility #Nondiscrimination #SafeNeighborhoods #StrongCommonwealth

Militant right wing sheriff Keith Swank is openly inviting his Pierce County constituents to try to recall him — and they should

An individual who mocks lawmakers to their faces and vows to encourage breaking the laws of the jurisdiction they have sworn an oath to faithfully execute is not a person who should be in law enforcement -- period.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/01/militant-right-wing-sheriff-keith-swank-is-openly-inviting-his-pierce-county-constituents-to-try-to-recall-him-and-they-should.html

#Nondiscrimination #Recalls #SafeNeighborhoods #WA-Counties

The trigger-happy federal agents doing Donald Trump’s bidding are completely out of control — and no American is safe

From coast to coast, Americans are being harassed, assaulted, injured, and even murdered by sneering masked thugs hired to attack their countrymen as part of a vengeance presidency that is obsessed with hurting people for sport.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/weblog/2026/01/the-trigger-happy-federal-agents-doing-donald-trumps-bidding-are-completely-out-of-control-and-no-american-is-safe.html

#Nondiscrimination #SafeNeighborhoods

⚖️ Arrêt dans l’affaire C-417/23 Slagelse Almennyttige Boligselskab :
Comment apprécier une éventuelle discrimination fondée sur l’origine ethnique en matière de politique du logement ?

🎥 💬 Les explications du président Koen Lenaerts explique sous-titrées dans toutes les langues de l’UE 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_1477137/
📰 CP 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

#CJUE #DroitUE #NonDiscrimination #OrigineEthnique #DroitsFondamentaux

⚖️ Judgment in Case C-417/23 Slagelse Almennyttige Boligselskab:
How should courts assess discrimination on grounds of ethnic origin in housing policy?

🎥 💬 President Koen Lenaerts explains with subtitles available in all EU languages 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/p1_1477137/
📰 PR 👉 https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/

#CJEU #EUlaw #NonDiscrimination #EthnicOrigin #FundamentalRights

Here's what Zohran Mamdani has promised to do for LGBTQ+ New Yorkers as mayor

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/politics/zohran-mamdani-lgbtq-campaign-promises

Right wing Vermont legislator resigns over racist texts in Republican group chat

The party officials who participated in a group text chat have faced calls to step down, The New York Times reports. State Senator Samuel Douglass was the group’s only elected member.

https://www.nwprogressive.org/microblog/2025/10/right-wing-vermont-legislator-resigns-over-racist-texts-in-republican-group-chat/

#AccountableLeaders #Nondiscrimination