Tag Archives: Human Rights Commission
Helen Fenwick: An appeasement approach in the European Court of Human Rights?
This piece asks whether, in the light of UK proposals for the reform of the ECtHR, and in the wake of the outcry in the UK over the Qatada decision (Othman v UK), the Court is taking an approach that … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights
Mark Elliott: The draft Brighton Declaration, the Human Rights Act, and the Bill of Rights debate
As Noreen O’Meara has already posted, a draft of the Brighton Declaration concerning reform of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has leaked into the public domain. Of course, that draft may well turn out to be substantially different … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights
Christine Bell: Bills of Rights and Devolution: From the Universal to the Particular.
‘To produce one Bill of rights may be regarded as a misfortune. To produce eight, looks like carelessness’. This blog picks up on Nicholas Barber’s blog of September 11, 2011. There he sketched the complicated options for taking a human … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Devolution, Human rights, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK Parliament, Wales
Helen Fenwick: The Conservative anti-ECHR stance and a British Bill of Rights: rhetoric and reality.
Conservative policy on the Human Rights Act: the role of the Bill of Rights’ Commission and the aim of handing back autonomy to the UK in human rights matters Deep dissatisfaction with the Human Rights Act (HRA) and a determination … Continue reading
Filed under Human rights, Judiciary
Tom Hickman: The Bill of Rights Commission and the How Question
Has anybody else noticed that the Bill of Rights Commission’s consultation is missing a question? In its consultation, which closes on 11 November 2011, the Commission first asks whether we need a Bill of Rights. No problem there. But its … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights
Nick Barber: The Commission on the Human Rights Act and the European Court of Human Rights.
The Commission tasked with suggesting reforms to the structure of rights protection in the United Kingdom has sent a letter to the Government outlining its interim advice for reforming the European Court of Human Rights. Drawing attention to the long delays experienced by … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, European Union, Human rights
THES: The Bill of Rights Commission
Readers might be interested to know that Colin Harvey and Colm O’Cinneide have published a short opinion piece in the Times Higher Education Supplement on the recently established Bill of Rights Commission. It is available at: http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/story.asp?sectioncode=26&storycode=416649&c=1
Filed under Human rights
Roger Masterman: How ‘British’ would a ‘British’ Bill of Rights be?
The perception that the protections afforded by domestic courts under the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) should replicate the rights enforced by the European Court of Human Rights at Strasbourg has been a leitmotif of judicial reasoning in rights cases … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights, UK Parliament
Graham Gee: Rights, Independence of Mind and Conservatives
In a recent post, Liora Lazarus voices serious concerns about the composition of the UK Bill of Rights Commission. That the Commission (convened under the auspices of the MoJ) lacks diversity is indeed a cause for concern, and Dr Lazarus … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights
Nick Barber: A Good Word For the Bill of Rights Commission
Liora’s powerful critique of the composition of the Bill of Rights Commission has drawn a number of comments. All of them are supportive; indeed, the only hint of dissent is that she may not have gone far enough. I have … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Human rights
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