IJDL Editorial
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1177/13582291221133264 |
| Published date | 01 December 2022 |
| Date | 01 December 2022 |
| Subject Matter | Editorial |
Editorial
International Journal of
Discrimination and the Law
2022, Vol. 22(4) 345–346
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IJDL Editorial
Welcome to the latest issue of the International Journal of Discrimination and the Law. We
are pleased to offer yet another selection of original, thought-provoking articles and
commentaries in this last edition for 2022. In their contribution, Nguyen Thi Hong Thinh
and Luong Duc Doan critique factors influencing attempts to introduce laws on same sex
marriage in Vietnam. Highlighting potential fear and hostility as a major factor of the slow
pace of change, the authors outline factors that will likely positively influence ways
forward for acquiring substantive rights. Their conclusion is optimistic. They favour a
strategy that links the LGBT comm unity with other minority groups in need of greater
legal protection, builds on anti-discrimination principles and encourages modifications of
family law provisions: a strategy which they hope will secure the legalisation of same sex
marriage in the near future.
We are particularly pleased to publish, in the next two papers, analysis of empirical
projects. At a time when funding for such research is often highly competitive and under-
resourced, these papers offer a reminder of the importance of such work in raising
awareness and furthering our understanding of the widespread and persistent gaps be-
tween legislation and lived realities in this field. In their article ‘Supporting continued
work under the UNCRPD –views of employees living with mild cognitive impairment or
early onset dementia’Katja Karjalainen and colleagues outline the results of a sociolegal
investigation into how best to support the continuation of engagement in paid work of
people living with progressive cognitive impairments or early onset dementia. The
authors, drawing on data collected in Sweden and Canada, consider the lived realities of
this cohort and the potential scope of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities to support their continued work. The authors stress how ac-
cessibility to workplaces could be better supported by general guidelines and structures
that offer individual freedom and flexibility. They also highlight the importance of legal
frameworks to promote such structures and the positive influence of solidarity and trust:
conclusions that are no doubt significant across many legal jurisdictions.
The final article, ‘Processing discrimination cases in post-socialist countries: multiple
and intersectional discrimination through the eyes of legal practitioners in Croatia,
Macedonia and Slovenia’also draws upon an original empirical study. In this piece
Biljana Kotevska considers the approach of legal practitioners to processing discrimi-
nation cases, especially multiple and intersectional discrimination cases. The paper uses
data collected from three post socialist countries (Croatia, Macedonia and Slovenia) and
focuses on the partitioners’approaches to three key areas. Firstly, the author outlines
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