by Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos | Mar 1, 2019
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...
by Knowing our Rights | Mar 1, 2019
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 legal practice perspective. The...
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 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...
