It’s a strange time to be taking my UK citizenship test. Strange because I’m being asked to assure the Home Office that I will respect the law. I am asked to be aware that in the UK the rule of law is one of the four main values that I will be asked to affirm if I am granted citizenship. … Read more →
Seth Farsides
Same-sex Irish couples face discrimination in their reproductive rights
A three month investigation conducted by Noteworthy – an Irish investigative journal which is funded by readers to investigate stories chosen by readers – into Ireland’s laws around surrogacy and egg and sperm donation has found that recent reforms aimed at broadening the rights of children and parents conceived through donor-assisted human reproduction (DAHR) in so-called ‘non-traditional’ families, have ultimately fallen short. Clinicians, legal experts and parents have said new … Read more →
COVID-19 and the world’s most vulnerable people
The exponential transmission of COVID-19 is compounding the plight of some of the world’s most vulnerable people. While it took three months to reach the first 100,000 cases of the virus, it took only 12 days to double that, and in the words of Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) “Every day … Read more →