Tag: Human rights

Why homosexual asylum seekers’ sexual identities are still not being respected

The Supreme Court's HJ judgment: a case comment

Aug 18 2016 10:45am

Legal profession comes out in defence of ‘military chasing’ Public Interest Lawyers

Makes a change from the barrage of abuse the firm is used to

Aug 16 2016 10:56am

Jewish human rights: No need to boycott the boycotters, says High Court

Is this the biggest setback to British equality law in modern history?

Aug 10 2016 10:21am

Joshua Rozenberg: Are universities meeting their legal duty to ensure free speech for students?

Some institutions are acting within the law, but others may not be

May 24 2016 7:33am

Vladimir Putin is poster boy for satirical anti-UK Snoopers’ Charter campaign

Russian President is joined by political leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping appearing to endorse controversial bill

May 12 2016 12:38pm

Gove’s Bill of Rights is basically the same as the Human Rights Act, groans House of Lords

Government should shelve grand but pointless nationalist gesture

May 9 2016 7:55am

Judges, you need to catch up with parliament in your treatment of transgender people

Stop reminding litigants what used to be between their legs

May 6 2016 11:12am

Race in the criminal justice system: What role does it play 20 years after the OJ Simpson trial?

Police brutality is alive and well on the streets of America

May 4 2016 10:57am

Liberty mocks UK Snoopers’ Charter in candid camera campaign film

Human rights charity documents people's reactions to comedian demanding to look through their mobile phones

Apr 29 2016 9:26am

*Scrapping Human Rights Act facepalm*

Patrick Stewart appears in comedy pro-ECHR video, but not all lawyers are impressed

Apr 26 2016 9:27am

Doughty Street junior barrister replaces Shami Chakrabarti as director of Liberty

Martha Spurrier was called to the bar in 2010, the same year as Amal Clooney

Mar 31 2016 1:24pm

Julian Assange, you’re not being ‘arbitrarily detained’: step forward and stop evading the rule of law

The United Nations couldn’t have got this any more wrong if it’d tried

Mar 8 2016 11:25am
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Joshua Rozenberg: Supreme Court to sort out bedroom tax mess — but it won’t be easy

The background to this week’s human rights showdown explained

Feb 29 2016 12:01am

We spoke to a London human rights lawyer about China locking up human rights lawyers

He describes the arrests as “obviously unjustified”

Jan 18 2016 12:34pm

Iraq abuse inquiry firm comes out swinging against Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal referral

Leigh Day says challenges against MoD are an important check and balance

Jan 6 2016 12:36pm

Top EU law academic tells parliament to stop being so selfish about human rights

UK government needs to set a good example to other countries

Dec 15 2015 5:05pm

Why lawyers are so angry about the quiet change to the Ministerial Code

Government's continued disdain for the law raises temperature of human rights debate

Oct 26 2015 2:03pm

Junior barrister becomes global hero after hopping off bike to challenge China supporters on human rights

Facebook goes wild for impromptu speech delivered by Ely Place rookie en route to work

Oct 26 2015 9:38am