Human Rights Archives - Legal Cheek

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Yarl’s Wood hunger strike shines a spotlight on the shameful way the UK runs its immigration centres

120 detainees refuse food in protest

Mar 14 2018 10:21am
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Parliamentary bill fronted by nine-year-old boy spells landmark moment for organ donation

Everyone’s talking about Max’s Law

Feb 26 2018 1:24pm
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How the debate about animals feeling pain became headline news

Government has pledged to enshrine animal sentience into law, but how did we get here?

Dec 15 2017 12:08pm
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The UK needs to pass a law against super-skinny models — a law student and model explains why

If looks could kill

Nov 20 2017 2:08pm
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The fight for Gurkha justice is not over

Eurocentrism is making it harder for Gurkha children to settle in the UK

Oct 27 2017 11:56am
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What’s the point of the Race Relations Act if black people are STILL discriminated against?

Fifty years since the act was passed and it’s not clear how far we’ve come

Sep 13 2016 9:29am
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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
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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
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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
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EU law or the ECHR: Which does more to combat racial discrimination in Europe?

Both offer something different, but there’s still a long way to go in the fight for racial harmony

Apr 12 2016 10:03am
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