What is next for the atrocities against Uyghurs in Xinjiang?
To prove genocide and other mass atrocity crimes, evidence is crucial. Documenting and preserving evidence at the time of the suspected atrocity is the only way to effectively ensure that...
Asylum Applications Should be Judged on the Basis of Law not Religious Doctrine
In March 2019, a Home Office letter rejecting an asylum application made the headlines of the biggest media outlets in the UK and abroad. It was not the case itself...
The Extremism Database is in Breach of the European Convention on Human Rights
On 24 January 2019, the European Court of Human Rights (the ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of Catt v. the UK and found that police powers to retain...
(No) Freedom of Speech at Universities?
Universities are meant to be places where freedom of speech flourishes. The issue of free speech in universities in the UK has been recently examined by the Joint Committee on...
Towards Adequate Assistance for Victims of Modern Day Slavery
Modern day slavery is a topic of concern across the world. International concern is justified because in the 21st century, there are more victims of slavery than at the time...
Could the UK Lead the Efforts to Prevent and Prosecute Acts of Genocide?
In early July, leading researchers and scholars in the field of genocide met at the University of Queensland to ‘examine the growing crisis and revisit the two core components of...
The UK Government’s Promised Review of Counter-Terror Law and Strategy
In less than three months, the UK has suffered from four major terror attacks. As the UK is recovering after the attacks in London Bridge and Borough Market, and in...
After Liberation From Daesh – Realising the Right to Return?
As the world focuses on the debates surrounding US President Trump’s foreign policy, especially the recently introduced travel ban, little attention has been paid to what it means in practical...
Livestream: Prosecuting and Punishing the Crimes Against Humanity or Even Possible Genocide Committed by Daesh
...winner of the 2016 PACE Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize (via video link) Ms Ewelina Ochab, legal researcher, PhD scholar, University of Kent, United Kingdom Mr Geoffrey Robertson QC, author...
After Recognition of Genocide – How to Proceed?
On 20 April 2016, the House of Commons unanimously passed a motion recognising the atrocities committed against Christians, Yazidis, and other ethnic and religious minorities by Daesh to be genocide....
