by Knowing our Rights | Nov 26, 2018
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...
by Knowing our Rights | Nov 12, 2018
From the right to privacy to legal assistance, the Human Rights Act protects a lot. On its 20th birthday, Goldsmiths' Head of Law @DimitriosGian details its benefits, as well as the challenges the 21st Century brings #HumanRightsAct20 pic.twitter.com/F6scdioOpW...
by Knowing our Rights | Apr 23, 2018
The Knowing Our Rights (KOR) research project, sponsored in part by The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, is pleased to announce the inauguration of an inter-university human rights mooting competition. Inspired by KOR’s goal of increasing understanding of...
by Amirah Choudhury | Feb 14, 2018
An exciting interdisciplinary symposium took place on 12 February 2018, at the Friends’ House in Euston, London, on ‘The Body and Human Rights’, hosted by Brunel University’s Global Lives Research Centre, the ‘Knowing Our Rights’...
by Daniel Proctor | Nov 30, 2017
On 23rd November, ‘Knowing Our Rights’ put together a panel chaired by Guardian journalist, Prof Roy Greenslade, with Tasnime Akunjee, a legal expert working on terrorism cases; Prof Anthony Glees, eminent expert on security and intelligence...
by Knowing our Rights | Jun 27, 2017
Joanna Yeates was found dead in her flat on Christmas Day 2010. What followed was one of the most egregious examples of abuse of power by the press, as retired schoolteacher Christopher Jefferies was wrongly accused of murdering Yeates, in a ‘trial by...