Human rights

Seamus Burns commends the move towards greater transparency in assisted suicide cases

The government faces being sued over its involvement in the extraordinary rendition of two men who were arrested in Iraq.

Storage proposals fail to meet Convention requirements

Ministers condemned for avoiding essential Parliamentary scrutiny & accountability

R (on the application of Purdy) v Director of Public Prosecutions [2009] UKHL 45, [2009] All ER (D) 335 (Jul)

Is the most recent attack on the Burqa a sign of religious hostility behind a veil of liberalism? asks Tim Welch

House of Lords closes with landmark ruling on assisted suicide

Mediators should be employed to ease tensions between police and protesters, the Joint Committee on Human Rights has recommended.

Geoffrey Bindman argues the case for preserving our freedoms

Banks & customers are potential victims in an unhappy balance,
says David Hislop