Balancing the Protection of Witnesses in English Criminal Law with the Right to a Fair Trial
Like other national and international criminal justice systems, English criminal law has incorporated measures to protect witnesses in adversarial criminal proceedings. While these measures are necessary to keep witness safety/privacy...
A Long Shadow: Jwanczuk, SC, and Incommensurability
The UK Supreme Court has unanimously allowed the UK Government’s appeal in R (Jwanczuk) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ([2025] UKSC 42). In doing so, it reaffirmed...
The Inconsistent Approach to Violence Against Women by the European Court of Human Rights
In two recent judgments involving similar fact patterns, the European Court of Human Rights reached opposing conclusions as to whether there had been a violation of the European Convention on...
Krachunova v Bulgaria: Human trafficking, forced sex work, and loss of earnings claims
In late 2023, Krachunova v Bulgaria established a positive obligation on states to allow victims of human trafficking to claim lost earnings from their traffickers. This positive obligation stemmed from...
Violence Against Women and the ECHR: Addressing Evidential Gaps in the Court’s Jurisprudence
Recent research indicates that the rates of femicide by partners or family members have differed only slightly in Europe since 2010. Progress for the past decade has been minimal, with...
Navigating Informality: The Rule of Law in EU Migration Governance
The European Union (EU) often prides itself on being a beacon of human rights, democracy, and the rule of law. Yet, in recent years, the EU has increasingly turned to...
UKSC to decide what ‘Woman’ means in the Equality Act 2010
The UK Supreme Court (UKSC) is poised to deliver its judgment in For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers, examining whether ‘woman’ under the Equality Act 2010 (EA) includes trans...
The Advocacy Gap: Anti-Carceral, but not Abolitionist, Human Rights Advocacy in Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, custody and remand populations in prison have climbed to their highest in almost 9 years; police use of force increased by 21% between 2023 and 2024; almost...
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back: The Evolving Jurisprudence on Cyberviolence against Women at the European Court of Human Rights
On 3 December 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (Court) delivered judgment in MŞD v Romania, its third judgment concerning cyberviolence against women following Buturugǎ v Romania and Volodina...
When Ideology Trumps Rights: The ECtHR’s Rejection of Sex Workers’ Human Rights in M.A. and Others v. France
In July, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) delivered its judgment in the case of M.A. and others v France. The case was initiated by 261 sex workers who...
Echoes of Dissent: ECtHR rulings pave the way for evolving limits on free speech
On 27 August 2024, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued two pivotal rulings on the intersection of freedom of expression and public interest. Hrachya Harutyunyan v Armenia strengthened...
UK Court Safeguards Fundamental Right to Protest: Liberty v Secretary of State for the Home Department
The UK Divisional Court has found that the Home Secretary acted unlawfully when introducing Regulations which lowered the threshold for the use of police powers to impose conditions on public...
