Bevat oordelen, nationale en internationale rechtspraak en wetgevings- en beleidsontwikkelingen op het gebied van gelijke behandeling, en annotaties van onder meer oordelen en uitspraken van het Europees Hof voor de Rechten van de Mens. Centraal staan de oordelen van het College voor de Rechten van de Mens. De auteurs bespreken per discriminatiegrond de oordelen van het College en de recente ontwikkelingen.
'This study examines whether laws address the issue of son preference adequately. It does this by looking at the text of the law and seeing whether there are any loopholes which need to be plugged. Since any law is subject to implementation and interpretation, the implementation of the law, particularly criminal law, by State actors like the police has been closely examined. Laws which seek to give certain rights to women, like inheritance rights under the Hindu Succession Act, have been reviewed to see whether they are effective or not. The manner in which these laws have been interpreted by the courts has also been highlighted. Positive judgements which advance the law as well as negative judgements, which reveal the inadequacy of the written law or the gender bias that exists amongst sections of the judiciary, have been studied. In addition, the study examines the laws which overtly fuel or permit son preference with the inevitable consequence of discriminating against girls and women. .And finally, the study also assesses the absence of laws in certain critical areas of discrimination and violence. The lack of laws in certain spheres in which the daughter faces discrimination means that she is not recognised as an equal human being. The lack of laws to deal with certain types of violence also reveals that certain forms of violence against girls and women do not get recognized or addressed by the law.'