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Published in: HomeFat cats or poor hacks? Why criminal barristers are refusing to work – and why you should careBusting the myths about the criminal bar.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWindrush and Legal Aid: how free legal representation could have avoided a national scandalMany migration decisions are wrong - but since legal aid for such cases was scrapped by the LASPO Act 2012, few...
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Published in: openJusticeConsumer is King? Of class actions and who matters in EU lawThe European Commission proposes that consumers should be able to take class actions in future, in the wake of the...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy you've never heard of a Charter that's as important as the Magna CartaThe Charter of the Forest was sealed 800 years ago today. Its defence of the property-less and of ‘the commons’,...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Upholding the Rule of Law in the European UnionAn open letter concerning the upholding of the Rule of Law in the European Union, co-signed by 188 scholars,...
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Published in: openJusticeDo we have a right to justice?As new research reveals the devastating impact of legal aid cuts, Labour is considering not only reversing some of...
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Published in: HomeProsecutors: human rights defenders or violators?A call for the International Association of Prosecutors Annual Conference in Beijing to make explicit efforts to...
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Published in: HomeNormalising tortureOn impunity, and the erosion of ethics in International Human Rights Law - from Guantanamo to Yemen.
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Published in: openJustice“Blood on our hands” - the sorry state of UK mental health servicesNobody doubts there is a problem – so why isn’t more being done to protect survivors of abuse?
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Published in: openJusticeThe rule of law fights backThe recent Supreme Court decision on employment tribunal fees is a victory for our constitution. This is the rule of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKLondon is cloaking environmental racism in respectability – but Zambian villagers are fighting backZambian villagers await a landmark judgement that could help hold British companies to account for their actions abroad.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKShocking new evidence could overturn Northern Ireland ruling that became an international blueprint for tortureI “felt like I was drowning or suffocating until I fell on the floor unconscious” - new testimony from survivors of...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKWhy the ICC examination into torture and other abuses by UK soldiers in Iraq must continueThe Office of the Prosecutor is under pressure to conclude the examination. It must remain open. The Prosecutor...
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Published in: openJusticeHuman rights protection at home and abroad: lessons to be learned from the Colombian peace processHuman rights abuses in Colombia can serve as a stark reminder of what the UK has to lose.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKAcid attacks are on the rise – the government must act nowPerpetrators of hate crime and gang violence are turning to easily available weapons. Muslim communities are frightened.
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Published in: openJusticeThe terrible consequences of deregulation and cutting cornersAfter Grenfell, it’s time for the government to urgently rethink its attitude to regulation.
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Published in: Shine A LightUK charity seeks funds to challenge use of painful restraints on childrenHow can it be wrong to hurt vulnerable children inside a secure children’s home, but all right to inflict pain in transit?
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Published in: HomeThe fight against torture should preoccupy us allTorture is a calculated act of cruelty and brutality that degrades us all and weakens the rule of law. On...
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Published in: openDemocracyUKOne law for the poor at Grenfell TowerIn austerity Britain, can justice and accountability be served for the victims of the Grenfell fire? Or are our laws...
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Published in: openJusticeA poor track record and a worrying manifesto on civil rightsAfter the surpising 2017 general election, opposition parties have a golden opportunity to stand up for the rights...