Secretary of State for the Home Department v SC: Discrimination on Grounds of Criminality
Image description: the UK border with cars queuing to cross SC, a Jamaican National, was granted refugee status in 2003. In the proceeding years, he was convicted of a number...
Discriminatory Ground in Abortion Law Under Consideration by the Court of Appeal
Image description: Stack of reports entitled ‘Human Rights and Democracy’ with a photograph of a woman and baby on the cover Let’s say I told you that the law provides...
When is a Right Not a Right? The British Bill of Rights
Image description: Front page of British Bill of Rights Bill. The Bill of Rights Bill, which repeals the Human Rights Act 1998, claims to ‘give effect’ to the rights set...
Interim Relief under the ECHR – Getting the Facts Right
Image description: a plane on the runway. Since its announcement, the Conservative government’s policy to remove asylum seekers to Rwanda before considering their asylum application has generated deep concern amongst...
A Bone Tossed to the Europhobes – Free Speech in Britain’s Proposed Bill of Rights
Image Description: Graffiti of “Free Speech” on a red brick wall with a person with their back to the camera in a pink t-shirt, baseball cap and shorts standing beside...
One Step Forward and Two Steps Back – The Bill of Rights Bill and Overseas Military Operations
The development of human rights protection throughout history has been characterised by cycles of advancement and regression. The US constitution’s idealistic declarations of equality and freedom swiftly gave way to...
Clause Seven of the Bill of Rights Bill: Diluting Rights Protection and Undermining Parliamentary Democracy
Image description: The Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom and his attendants If enacted in its present form the Bill of Rights Bill would compromise judicial independence, dilute ECHR rights...
“That’s the Key Question: Institutional Responsibility for Inequality (Episode 4)
Human rights experts reveal how we could reform equality law to make sure it protects the most vulnerable in times of crisis. This is the last episode of a four-part...
The Bill of Rights Bill: Playing Fast and Loose with the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement (Again)
Image Description: The Crest of the UK The Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) and the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement 1998 (GFA) were deeply interconnected. Throughout the negotiations which led to the...
Case C-673/20 EP v Préfet du Gers: The Stripping of the Right to Vote
Image description: the Court of Justice of the European Union Ruling of the CJEU After the request for a preliminary ruling from the French tribunal lodged in 2020, the Court...
Plug Those Gaps: Reforms to Equality Law (Episode 3)
Human rights experts reveal how we could reform equality law to make sure it protects the most vulnerable in times of crisis. This is Episode Three of a four-part series....
“…Patriarchal Mentality”: The Functioning of Equality Law in Crisis (Episode 2)
Human rights experts help us determine whether equality law is set up to protect the most vulnerable in times of crisis. This is Episode Two of a four-part series. The...
