Law & Enforcement...
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How do I Enforce My Human Rights?
The UK lawbooks are stuffed to overflowing with new laws that have been passed to make our lives better, easier or safer. The Human Rights Act is no different....
Human Rights and Extraordinary Rendition
Reconciling the fundamental human right to be free from torture with the fight against global terrorism - can extraordinary rendition ever be...
Human Rights and Powers of Stop and Search
Many of the powers exercised by the police – including the power of stop and search – may impinge on an individual’s human rights if not...
Serving a Prison Sentence: Prisoner's Rights
Anyone convicted of a crime in the UK, or being held on remand pending trial, will not be able to avail themselves of the full extent of the...
Slavery in Today's Society
When people think of slavery they think in terms of early American History, of slave ships and press-gangs. But slavery is a real problem even in this supposedly...
Terrorism: National Security v Human Rights
The spectre of terrorism is something that we have all had to learn to live with in recent years. From the atrocities of 9/11 and 7/7 to suicide...
The UK's Equality and Human Rights Commission
The UK’s Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) was created by the Equality Act 2006 and came into being in April 2006. The EHRC replaced...
Torture: The Right to Not Be Tortured
Pick up any dictionary and you will find something along these lines: ‘To cause extreme physical pain esp. To extract information. To give...
UK Breaches of Human Rights Law
Although the UK has taken well known steps to incorporate internationally recognised human rights law into domestic legislation there are still cases where it is...
Your Rights as a Defendant in Court
As we all know, just because a person is charged with a crime it does not mean that they are guilty. The principle of innocent until proven guilty still holds true...
Your Rights as a Prisoner or Detainee
The word ‘detainee’ tends to evoke media pictures of inmates at Guantanamo Bay or remind us of articles about supposed secret internment camps...
Your Rights as a Suspect of a Crime
The rights of suspects before, during and after arrest are the subject of endless volumes of case-law, articles and debate. This is due, in part, to tireless...
Your Rights as a Victim of a Crime
Nobody ever wants to be a victim, and hopefully we will never be faced with the pain or trauma of a crime being committed against us, or the aftermath. However, if...
