Human rights

Geoffrey Bindman QC examines the law & politics of human rights

HLE blogger Charles Foster rails against the latest media attack on the Human Rights Act

Request for case to be re-opened rejected by Grand Chamber Panel

Keith Patten considers the liability of the police

The use of indeterminate prison sentences breaches inmates’ human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has unanimously ruled.

The Nicklinson case confirms the supremacy of Parliament, says Seamus Burns

Roger Smith rounds up recent human rights developments

Geoffrey Bindman QC recalls how law destroyed the slave trade

Roger Smith rounds up recent human rights developments

Craig Barlow & Jason Hadden consider the Scoppola controversy