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Published in: openJustice: Feature‘That’s me done’: How the UK government abandoned artists to COVID-19
For many artists, the pandemic has confirmed that the government either doesn’t care about the arts or is actively...
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Published in: openJustice: Feature‘I lost everything’: COVID-19 and the UK’s Hostile Environment policyMigrant workers and human rights organisations say the Home Office’s failure to respond to the pandemic has left...
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationBenefits payments withheld from the chronically ill in COVID-19 government failure
The cancellation of face-to-face assessments meant claimants didn’t receive money they were entitled to – leaving...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionPrisons are not the place for immigration detainees during the coronavirus crisisMore migrant detainees are being held in prisons since the start of the pandemic. This puts liberty, health and...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDemocracy, policing and the coronavirus pandemicPolicing during the pandemic shows that we still have a long way to go before the UK can say it polices by consent.
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationTrump administration excludes key human rights issues from its reportsResearch reveals Trump’s State Department denies human rights abuses abroad, particularly in relation to the rights...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Let Justice Ginsburg be not the pinnacle, but the base of the transformation we needWhile it is a common belief that racism is an outside force acting to derail justice, racism is central to the...
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Published in: openJusticeThe Unlawful State: Stories from a PandemicA new series investigating the stories of those disproportionately affected by the pandemic.
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Published in: ourNHS: OpinionUndermining public law is no way to protect public healthSafeguards on everything from procurement to notifiable diseases, health inspections to freedom of information, are...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionWho’s afraid of judicial review?The government has pledged to ‘reform’ the way in which citizens can challenge the lawfulness of its own decisions....
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionWhy you should care about the right to trial by juryTrial by jury is one of the few aspects of the UK criminal justice system that treats people of colour fairly. It is...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionPolicing during the pandemic: an insight into racism in the UKThe policing of lockdown and the Black Lives Matter protests demonstrates the insidious nature of racist policing in the UK.
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Published in: openJustice: Opinion“We’re like sitting ducks”: how the Home Office is placing life and liberty at riskNew research reveals that the Home Office’s approach to immigration detention during the pandemic is unlawful and...
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Published in: openJusticeInnocent before proven guilty? How a 2017 policy is bringing race into the courtroom.New research reveals that a policy that requires defendants to state their nationality in the criminal court is...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionCan true justice be done remotely?An emergency response to the pandemic has fast-tracked the digitalisation of the UK justice system. But do remote...
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDisposable lives: how the plight of immigration detainees is highlighted during COVID-19The UK government’s continued use of immigration detention lacks moral and legal justification. But it comes as no surprise.
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Published in: openJustice: OpinionDemocracy to autocracy? COVID-19 is exposing a crisis in the UK constitutionThe response to COVID-19 is showing how the UK’s unwritten constitution puts democracy at risk. Even in times of...
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Published in: openJusticePrice and prejudice: automated decision-making and the UK government (podcast)We spoke to lawyer Cori Crider about why automated decision-making in government is a major challenge of our time.
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Published in: openJustice: InvestigationPrice and prejudice: automated decision-making and the UK governmentThe use of automated decision-making in UK public services is on the rise. Do not be fooled by the cloak of...
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Published in: openJusticeRace and citizenship in BritainAnthony Brown knows what it's like to have to fight for his citizenship rights. He is determined to help others...