Law and Rights
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has published a report - "The UK and the European Court of Human Rights" - which, quite frankly, debunks many of the myths about the European Court of Human Rights and its relationship with the UK. At a time when the role of the court has been under attack by certain politicians and media in the UK, this is a useful and timely report though its publication is likely to be overshadowed by publication of the Brighton Declaration.
One of the researchers contributing to the report was Alice Donald (Senior Research Fellow at the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute, London Metropolitian University) and her post on UK Human Rights blog offers an excellent summary of the report and is definitely well worth reading.
See also the Commission's Human Rights Review 2012 and also the Commission's webpages on Human Rights.
See also Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) - "Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights" - 18th April. Dealings with the Council of Europe are the responsibility of the FCO.
A further interesting report has been published by the Arts and Humanities Research Council - "Parliaments and Human Rights" and is discussed by Wessen Jazrawi on the UK Human Rights blog - Redressing the Democratic Deficit in Human Rights
- Liberal Democrats - Doing What Works
The Liberal Democrat Party Conference is taking place in Glasgow - 4th to 8th October. Their views on Criminal Justice policy are presented in a Policy Paper - Doing what works to cut crime It's an interesting read. How much of it will...
- Commission On A Bill Of Rights ~ The Report Is A-coming !
The Commission was appointed by the government on 18th March 2011 and, at the time, comprised Martin Howe QC Anthony Lester QC Jonathan Fisher QC Helena Kennedy QC Anthony Speaight QC Philippe Sands QC Michael Pinto-Duschinsky Sir David Edward The...
- The British Bill Of Rights ~ Second Consultation
Update 17th July In March 2011, a Commission was set up to consider the possibility of the United Kingdom having its own modern Bill of Rights - see Ministry of Justice . The Commission was mandated to investigate the creation of a UK Bill of Rights...
- Human Rights
Updated Friday 9th March and Tuesday 13th March European Court of Human Rights blog - New ECHR Factsheets - new or updated factsheets about the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. 15 subject areas with short summaries of the ECtHR's...
- Is There A Case For Any Form Of British Bill Of Rights?
Law and Lawyers recently took an initial look at the report "Bringing Rights Home ...." and noted that it was the European Convention on Human Rights which has, especially since the Human Rights Act 1998, acted as a moderating influence against the tide...
Law and Rights
Human Rights in UK - Equality and Human Rights Commission Report
One of the researchers contributing to the report was Alice Donald (Senior Research Fellow at the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute, London Metropolitian University) and her post on UK Human Rights blog offers an excellent summary of the report and is definitely well worth reading.
See also the Commission's Human Rights Review 2012 and also the Commission's webpages on Human Rights.
See also Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) - "Conference on the future of the European Court of Human Rights" - 18th April. Dealings with the Council of Europe are the responsibility of the FCO.
A further interesting report has been published by the Arts and Humanities Research Council - "Parliaments and Human Rights" and is discussed by Wessen Jazrawi on the UK Human Rights blog - Redressing the Democratic Deficit in Human Rights
- Liberal Democrats - Doing What Works
The Liberal Democrat Party Conference is taking place in Glasgow - 4th to 8th October. Their views on Criminal Justice policy are presented in a Policy Paper - Doing what works to cut crime It's an interesting read. How much of it will...
- Commission On A Bill Of Rights ~ The Report Is A-coming !
The Commission was appointed by the government on 18th March 2011 and, at the time, comprised Martin Howe QC Anthony Lester QC Jonathan Fisher QC Helena Kennedy QC Anthony Speaight QC Philippe Sands QC Michael Pinto-Duschinsky Sir David Edward The...
- The British Bill Of Rights ~ Second Consultation
Update 17th July In March 2011, a Commission was set up to consider the possibility of the United Kingdom having its own modern Bill of Rights - see Ministry of Justice . The Commission was mandated to investigate the creation of a UK Bill of Rights...
- Human Rights
Updated Friday 9th March and Tuesday 13th March European Court of Human Rights blog - New ECHR Factsheets - new or updated factsheets about the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. 15 subject areas with short summaries of the ECtHR's...
- Is There A Case For Any Form Of British Bill Of Rights?
Law and Lawyers recently took an initial look at the report "Bringing Rights Home ...." and noted that it was the European Convention on Human Rights which has, especially since the Human Rights Act 1998, acted as a moderating influence against the tide...