Justice and Security Bill: Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
This week the Joint Committee on Human Rights published its Report on the UK Justice and Security Bill. Hayley Hooper provides an overview of the Bill and the Report’s...
United Nations
Decriminalizing Adultery: Eliminating Discrimination and Violence against Women
By Frances Raday The UN Working Group (WG) on discrimination against women in law and practice has issued a call to Governments to repeal laws criminalizing adultery. The WG notes...
We Should All Participate in Articulating the Post-2015 Development Agenda
The projected end date for the Millenium Development Goals is 2015. The UN Secretary General recently appointed a High Level Panel to advise him on creating a vision for a...
The UK's Human Rights 'Report Card'
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) – the review of each UN member state’s human rights record – is a comparatively new process...
The UK’s Human Rights ‘Report Card’
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) – the review of each UN member state’s human rights record – is a comparatively new process...
Gendered Poverty: A Role for the Right to Social Security
By Beth Goldblatt The welfare safety net has been eroded in many developed countries over recent decades. Since the global financial crisis, austerity measures involving welfare cutbacks have worsened poverty...
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