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Are police charged with managing protest scenes with rival factions bound in their conduct by the PSED?
Poly is obliged to enforce the law and maintain the peace subject to the orders she receives and her own discretion
Some of the things you have described clearly criminal, some aren’t, and some are ...
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Is there or will there be any written reasoned decision in the preliminary issue ruling of Kirsty Ayre on protection of opposition to CRT?
It’s now available on a third party outlet’s website here: https://www.personneltoday.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2023/09/2023-09-13_EJ-Ayre-Corby-vs-ACAS.pdf
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Is the reasoning of the decision deeming ethical veganism a protected philosophical belief available to read?
Casamitjana v The League Against Cruel Sports [2020] UKET 3331129/2018 (21 January 2020) was a preliminary hearing on this issue; that is, prior to the determination of the actual dispute between the ...
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Can dress codes arbitrarily/unilaterally define types of garments?
The precise rationale will of course vary from one jurisdiction to the next, but I don't know of any sex-discrimination laws that would prohibit this.
What you're describing is not sex discrimination, ...
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Is it lawful to maintain different, independent dress codes for male and female guests to a business/venue?
england-and-wales
Regarding the question in the headline:
Generally the business or venue organisers can set the rules for who is allowed entry and service, provided there is no discrimination based ...
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Is it lawful to maintain different, independent dress codes for male and female guests to a business/venue?
canada
Where the dress code is imposed in a domain to which human rights codes apply (e.g. in accommodations, services, or facilities: B.C. Human Rights Code, s. 8), "[d]ress code requirements ...
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Is there any jurisdiction where political views are a protected characteristic?
Unfortunately I do not have enough reputation to add a comment, I just want to stress that the answer about Germany is wrong.
While the constitution declares political opinion as protected in its ...
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Is there any jurisdiction where political views are a protected characteristic?
northern-ireland
While the rest of the UK prohibits discrimination on grounds of "Religion or belief" as mentioned by kaya3, in Northern Ireland there are specific references at least in ...
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Is there any jurisdiction where political views are a protected characteristic?
united-kingdom
The Equality Act 2010 includes "religion or belief" as protected characteristics, where the "or belief" part is defined in section 10(2):
Belief means any religious ...
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Is there any jurisdiction where political views are a protected characteristic?
australia
“Political opinion” is a protected characteristic under the Federal Australian Human Rights Commission Act and the Fair Work Act in employment or occupation.
It is also protected at a state ...
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Is there any jurisdiction where political views are a protected characteristic?
british-columbia
The BC Human Rights Code prohibits discrimination in employment advertisements, employment, and trade unions/associations because of "political belief."
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Is there any jurisdiction where political views are a protected characteristic?
germany
Political opinion is protected (Article 3 GG), provided the opinion does not violate the rights of others. This leads to a complex system of rights and exceptions.
For instance, a newspaper is ...
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Is there any jurisdiction where political views are a protected characteristic?
In Seattle, it is one of the protected classifications. Political ideology is defined as
any idea or belief, or coordinated body of ideas or beliefs, relating
to the purpose, conduct, organization, ...
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