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On October 2nd, we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the Human Rights Act (HRA) coming into effect. Britain in Europe…
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ20U-koQS0 Analysis of Covid-19 legislation from a human rights perspective, by Adam Wagner (barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, Visiting Professor…
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Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, from Goldsmiths University of London, Faculty of Law, gave a lecture to Collyers’ students on the operation…
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Human Rights with a (Brexit) Use-By Date
The Government continues to treat European human rights, incorporated by the Human Rights Act (HRA) into UK law, like supermarket products with a use-by date: we can enjoy them for now, but the government reserves the right to take them away after Brexit. The...
ECHR impact in the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6RCXha2-Qk On 22nd of January 2019, the Royal Society of Arts hosted our latest Knowing Our Rights seminar. Experts in human rights discussed the European Convention on Human Rights’ (ECHR) impact in the UK, from both legal theory and...
20 years of Human Rights Act
https://twitter.com/GoldsmithsUoL/status/1060834384528334849
Our letter to Conservative MPs and Peers
On October 2nd, we celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the Human Rights Act (HRA) coming into effect. Britain in Europe experts, and independent experts working with our think tank and Knowing Our Rights research project, from across UK academia as well as legal...
A level students reflect on government attitudes towards liberty and the rule of law
Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, from Goldsmiths University of London, Faculty of Law, gave a lecture to Collyers’ students on the operation and significance of human rights against the socio-political backdrop of continuing Euroscepticism and Brexit. Janene...
Inaugurating Goldsmiths Law’s “European encounters”: The Council of Europe and Artificial Intelligence
Goldsmiths Law is delighted to launch a programme of “European encounters”, intended to bring our students, academics and the wider public in the UK in contact with European institutions, to shed light on the work they are doing in key areas of activity...
Human Rights with a (Brexit) Use-By Date
The Government continues to treat European human rights, incorporated by the Human Rights Act (HRA) into UK law, like supermarket products with a use-by date: we can enjoy them for now, but the government reserves the right to take them away after Brexit. The...
A level students reflect on government attitudes towards liberty and the rule of law
Professor Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos, from Goldsmiths University of London, Faculty of Law, gave a lecture to Collyers’ students on the operation and significance of human rights against the socio-political backdrop of continuing Euroscepticism and Brexit. Janene...
What has the ECHR ever done for the UK?
On 9 November 2018, twenty years will have passed since the enactment of the Human Rights Act, which has incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK domestic law. But this anniversary will be marked by continued uncertainty about the future operation...
What has the ECHR ever done for the UK?
On 9 November 2018, twenty years will have passed since the enactment of the Human Rights Act, which has incorporated the European Convention on Human Rights into UK domestic law. But this anniversary will be marked by continued uncertainty about the future operation...
Covid-19 and human rights in the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ20U-koQS0 Analysis of Covid-19 legislation from a human rights perspective, by Adam Wagner (barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, Visiting Professor in Law at Goldsmiths University of London and special advisor to UK Parliament's...
Covid-19 and human rights in the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ20U-koQS0 Analysis of Covid-19 legislation from a human rights perspective, by Adam Wagner (barrister at Doughty Street Chambers, Visiting Professor in Law at Goldsmiths University of London and special advisor to UK Parliament's...
How is illegally obtained evidence a challenge for human rights?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKAxB2ZSwrs
ECHR impact in the UK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6RCXha2-Qk On 22nd of January 2019, the Royal Society of Arts hosted our latest Knowing Our Rights seminar. Experts in human rights discussed the European Convention on Human Rights’ (ECHR) impact in the UK, from both legal theory and...
Lords’ EU Justice Sub-Committee on EU citizens’ rights
(with evidence by KOR Director Dr Giannoulopoulos on impact of Brexit on Art 8 ECHR)
