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The development and status of sexual orientation discrimination under international human rights law (2016)
Journal Article
McGoldrick, D. (2016). The development and status of sexual orientation discrimination under international human rights law. Human Rights Law Review, 16(4), 613-668. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngw030

This article assesses the development, status and recognition of a prohibition on sexual orientation discrimination as a matter of international human rights law. The State practice examined appears to reveal fundamental divisions on this issue. The... Read More about The development and status of sexual orientation discrimination under international human rights law.

Affording states a margin of appreciation: comparing the European Court of Human rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (2016)
Book Chapter
McGoldrick, D. (2016). Affording states a margin of appreciation: comparing the European Court of Human rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. In C. M. Buckley, A. Donald, & P. Leach (Eds.), Towards Convergence in International Human Rights Law. Brill

We live in an era of proliferating international legal domains and institutions, not least in the human rights field. For some, normative pluralism within human rights is inevitable, and even desirable. Others view it as a threat to the integrity and... Read More about Affording states a margin of appreciation: comparing the European Court of Human rights and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.

Security detention - United Kingdom practice (2009)
Journal Article
McGoldrick, D. (2009). Security detention - United Kingdom practice. Case Western Reserve Journal of International Law, 40(3),

This article assesses the role of security detention within the context of a number of the United Kingdom’s anti-terrorism policies. It considers the U.K. provisions on indefinite detention and the judicial response to those policies. Close attention... Read More about Security detention - United Kingdom practice.