A Precarious Future? Examining the UK Human Rights Act (with Sir Keir Starmer)

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Interviewee: Keir Starmer

Sir Keir Starmer QC is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. From 2008 to 2013 he served as Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales.|Sir Keir Starmer QC is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. From 2008 to 2013 he served as Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales.|Sir Keir Starmer QC is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. From 2008 to 2013 he served as Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales.|Sir Keir Starmer QC is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers. From 2008 to 2013 he served as Director of Public Prosecutions in England and Wales.

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Interviewer: Kira Allmann

Kira Allmann is the OxHRH Communications Director and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Media Law and Policy at the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Oxford. Her current research focuses on digital inequality, exploring community-driven grassroots solutions to closing the digital divide. She leads several research projects, using ethnographic methods to study the role of community-owned internet networks, local digital skills training, and public internet access points in promoting digital inclusion. Kira is also a research partner of the Whose Knowledge? campaign, which works to center the knowledge of marginalized communities on the web. She completed her DPhil in Oriental Studies (Islamic World) at the University of Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and also holds an MPhil in Modern Middle Eastern Studies (University of Oxford) and a B.A. in Government and Linguistics (The College of William and Mary).

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The Human Rights Act incorporated the rights guaranteed in the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. In this episode, we look at the Human Rights Act in a past interview with Sir Keir Starmer, MP for Holborn and St. Pancras, currently Shadow Brexit Secretary, and former Director of Public Prosecutions for the Crown Prosecution Service.

Interview(s) with: Sir Keir Starmer, MP
Produced by: Dr Kira Allmann
Music by: Rosemary Allmann

Original Published: 24 April 2017

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