Human Rights with a (Brexit) Use-By Date

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

ECHR impact in the UK

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...
20 years of Human Rights Act

20 years of Human Rights Act

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...
Human rights and abuse of power by the press

Human rights and abuse of power by the press

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...
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