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Human Rights Day

Human Rights in the United Kingdom: Where Now?

22 May 2015

Prior to the 2015 general election, the Conservative Party undertook in its manifesto to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 and to enact a British Bill...

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Mrs Nicola Padfield

'Vinter v UK - The Right to Hope and the Whole Life Tariff'

17 Jul 2013

The case of Vinter v UK was recently decided by the European Court of Human Rights, and has raised a good deal of controversy regarding the right of...

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Professor David Feldman

'Votes for Prisoners? Democracy and the European Convention on Human Rights'

29 Nov 2012

Decisions of the European Court of Human Rights holding that the UK's blanket ban on voting by convicted prisoners violates Article 3 of Protocol 1...

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Professor David Feldman

'Deporting Abu Qatada: the European Court of Human Rights, and Governments'

12 Jun 2012

He is feared and hated in many parts of the world. Those facts make it less likely that any case against him will be evaluated carefully and...

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