On Wednesday 10 December, which is also Human Rights Day, Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe […]
Category Archive: Human rights
The Crime and Policing Bill was introduced to Parliament on 25 February 2025. The Bill builds on the Labour […]
Following the horrific antisemitic attack at a Manchester synagogue in October, the government has announced plans to amend […]
The ‘Executive Summary’ of the report of Brian Leveson’s Independent Review of the Criminal Courts: Part 1 opens […]
How should the state be held to account when it funds and organises essential services—but then denies responsibility […]
On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe […]
Over the last few weeks criticism of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR/the Convention) and suggestions that […]
The decision of the UK Supreme Court in For Women Scotland Ltd v Scottish Ministers [2025] is one […]
In her excellent and informed critique of the Supreme Court’s judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish […]
Human rights in the UK are routinely reviewed by various UN bodies – treaty bodies, special procedures, and […]
