Tag: Human rights

Is blockchain the future of solving human rights issues?
It can be used for much more than making tech-savvy people rich, says Queen Mary law grad Fanny Ferencz

ISIS Beatles: The UK government should not facilitate their execution just because it falls under another jurisdiction
What’s the point of having no death penalty in Britain if we extradite people to countries where they do?
London’s top barristers descend on Strasbourg as government surveillance case reaches European court
Are we being unlawfully spied on?
Government will give prisoners the vote, 12 years after ECtHR’s famous Hirst ruling
Proposals will only impact least serious offenders
The fight for Gurkha justice is not over
Eurocentrism is making it harder for Gurkha children to settle in the UK
David Lammy is right to encourage use of modern slavery laws, says human rights lawyer
MP's report recommends more prosecutions under modern slavery legislation
ECtHR overturns ruling that allowed boss to snoop on employee’s Yahoo account
Original decision caused right-wing press furore -- and inaccurate reporting
Miss Universe 2017: Beauty queen representing Great Britain is a Nottingham University law student
She's an aspiring human rights lawyer
Law professor reprimanded for setting exam problem question about bikini waxing
Attack on academic freedom?
Northern Irish women fighting for NHS abortions launch Strasbourg crowdfunding campaign
Taking Supreme Court defeat in their stride
Northern Irish women NOT entitled to abortions on NHS, Supreme Court rules
Landmark case decided by majority of 3:2
General election: Human Rights Act ‘safer now than it has been for years’, says top LSE human rights professor Conor Gearty
Exclusive: Conor Gearty tells Legal Cheek why he thinks our rights are secure under brand new Tory-led coalition
Lawyers divided: Has Theresa May made a U-turn on human rights?
Keeping the Human Rights Act is a Tory manifesto pledge
We ‘cocked up’, but it wasn’t misconduct: Leigh Day’s defence begins
Junior solicitor in the firing line over accusations firm pursued false claims against British troops
Daily Express forced to make huge correction to human rights story, again
Yet the tabloid newspaper has just released a slideshow explainer about the ECHR...
LGBT moot: BPP Law School snatches victory from 2016 winners Oxford University
The competition was judged by some of the country's leading human rights specialists
Amal Clooney thinks it’s a ‘good thing’ her cases get extra publicity because of her marriage to George
It seems fame is currency in the fight against ISIS
New Doughty Street silk sticks it to the man with ‘left-wing’ tote bags she made for her fellow barristers
They've gone down very well