PILN Bulletin 16 October 2008

In this Bulletin:

1. ERA dismayed at budget cuts for equality and human rights bodies but welcomes abolition of merger plans

2. Bosnia & Herzegovina: Strategic litigation used to combat discrimination

3. USA: Connecticut becomes third state in the US to allow gay marriage

4. UK and Northern Ireland: Committee on the Rights of the Child adopts its Concluding Comments on the UK and Northern Ireland

5. UK: Terror Bill debate results in removal of some controversial elements

6. USA: Voter registration woes as Presidential election nears

7. Irish Society of International Law Annual Lecture 28 October 2008

8. Second annual European Pro Bono Forum, Budapest, 5-7 November 2008

9. Date for your Diary: FLAC's Second Annual Dave Ellis Memorial Lecture, 1 December 2008

10. ICCL Human Rights Film School Competition Launch, 10 December 2008