Human Rights

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How effective is the proposed assisted dying bill?

Reva Naidu, a student at The University of Law, discusses whether the proposed law would achieve its intended aims

Nov 4 2024 8:14am
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The rise of the ‘climate refugee’ and why you need to care

Université Toulouse Capitole LLM student Sean Doig shines a spotlight on climate refugees

May 22 2024 8:42am

Changes to immigration rules: the new price of family reunification

Sheffield Uni law student Jacob Dubiecha offers a critical analysis of the increased minimum income requirement

Feb 20 2024 7:57am
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Deliveroo

Legal Takeaway: Who’s who for Deliveroo?

Oxford Uni PPE grad Joshua Masson explores the UKSC's recent Deliveroo judgment 

Dec 11 2023 11:37am
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Human rights obligations in investor-state disputes

Bristol Uni law student Jasmine Cundiff, explores the hurdles to keeping investors accountable

Dec 6 2023 12:57pm

Who owns indigenous knowledge: local communities or corporations?

Lawyers Ria Das and Sia Das explore the pressing problem of biopiracy of indigenous knowledge

Oct 9 2023 8:16am
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How election legislation has failed the UK’s visually-impaired voters

Aspiring barrister Lauren Slade explores the lack of statutory protection for the blind

Sep 4 2023 8:41am
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Deceptive (dating) by design?

Dating apps may seem like a piece of fun but more sinister goings-on may be at play, such as privacy and human rights breaches, writes third year law student Tanzeel ur Rehman

Aug 24 2022 9:12am
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Seeking justice for the Chagossians

Britain’s colonisation of the Chagos Islands continues to this day, in apparent defiance of international concern and court judgments, writes Sheffield Hallam graduate Rachael Shaw

Aug 19 2022 10:13am
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Seeking asylum: a one-way ticket to Rwanda?

Teshé Rolle, a final year student at The University of Law, looks at the government’s relationship with human rights and its much-discussed plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda

Jul 25 2022 10:19am
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After Roe: Recognising the importance of reproductive rights in England and Wales

Following the US Supreme Court’s controversial reversal of Roe v Wade, aspiring barrister Jade Rae explains the importance of the Abortion Act 1967 in England and Wales

Jul 18 2022 10:39am

The rules of war

Law student Michal Smigla considers international humanitarian law and the consequences of disregarding it

Apr 28 2022 11:39am
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We need to give greater attention to positive obligations under human rights law

Such European rights should be taught and embraced more widely to uplift society's most vulnerable, argues aspiring barrister Jordan Briggs

Mar 10 2022 12:50pm
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Shamima Begum: What price have we paid for national security?

UCL graduate and aspiring barrister Atticus Blick explores the case of the former ISIL teenage bride

Sep 23 2021 11:29am

The need for an international right to obscurity

With the internet more accessible than ever, Edinburgh Napier law student Lewis Hay calls for a more uniform and transparent approach

May 26 2021 10:17am

Article X: The right to environmental protection?

Oxford Brookes law grad Paul Wyard makes his case for a new standalone ECHR right

Jan 13 2021 9:45am

Ella Kissi-Debrah inquest: The case for a ‘clean air act’

‘Ella’s Law’ may well be the next step to combat air pollution in our busy capital, says Bar Course graduate Rajni Virk

Dec 23 2020 6:21pm

Human Rights Act review: Fair or farce?

Birmingham University student Charlotte Tomlinson casts a critical eye over this week's government announcement on World Human Rights Day 2020

Dec 10 2020 1:00pm

Meet the experts who will consider reforming judicial review

Oxford law grad Jordan Briggs profiles the independent panel tasked with looking at potential reform

Aug 4 2020 1:20pm
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COVID-19: The prison crisis

Why has government been so slow to implement plans for prisoner release?

May 1 2020 12:06pm

Virus pandemic: Why the UK must release immigration detainees

The detention of migrants who do not pose a risk is dangerous, callous and illegal, argues Oxford University PPE student James Cox

Apr 1 2020 12:51pm