Two welcome additions to the legal blogosophere have just launched, both of which will be of interest to readers of this blog. RightsNI (Twitter: @RightsNI) is a great looking human rights blog from Northern Ireland. It joins another fantastic blog from across the Irish Sea, the Human Rights in Ireland Blog. Rights NI already has a wide [...]
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Two new legal blogs
Posted in Blog news on September 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
UK Human Rights Blog reaches half a million hits
Posted in Blog news, tagged UK Human Rights Blog on July 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
According to our statometer, the UK Human Rights Blog by 1 Crown Office Row chambers has just surpassed 500,000 hits. This is a bit of a landmark for a site which launched at the end of March 2010. We had hoped that the blog would be useful for lawyers and the general public, and that [...]
Announcing the UK Human Rights Blog Case Table
Posted in Blog news on June 13, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today marks the launch of the UK Human Rights Blog Case Table. It includes links to all of the cases featured on the blog since October 2010, as well as many more we haven’t had the chance to cover. The table, which can be found here, was created and is maintained by Hannah Manson, a [...]
That was the future of legal blogging
Posted in Blog news, Technology on February 18, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Last night, 35 legal bloggers, tweeters and journalists descended on 1 Crown Office Row chambers to debate the future of legal blogging. Twitter was abuzz with the event, and you can read the tweets even if you are not signed up to a Twitter account. The panel was made up legal bloggers David Allen Green [...]
New legal blogging review by Charon QC
Posted in Blog news, In the news, tagged blawg review on January 2, 2011 | Comments Off
Legal blogger Charon QC has published the latest Blawg Review, a comprehensive survey of the legal blogging world. It is a magnum opus, and in order to express just how large and comprehensive it is, I have borrowed an image from the Family Lore blog which shows the review in its entirety.
The top 20 posts of 2010
Posted in Blog news, tagged UK Human Rights Blog on December 30, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Below are the 20 top posts on the UK Human Rights Blog in 2010. It is fascinating to see which posts generate the most views. Have a happy new year, and if you like what you read, don’t forget to subscribe for free via Facebook, Twitter, RSS or email!
Sexual orientation removed from UN resolution condemning executions
Posted in Art. 14 | Anti-Discrimination, Art. 2 | Right to life, Blog news, In the news, International, tagged UN Resolution on November 24, 2010 | Comments Off
The Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Affairs Commitee of the United Nations has narrowly voted to remove sexual orientation from a draft resolution against extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions. In light of the guarantee of the right to life, liberty and security of person in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and [...]
A searching question
Posted in Blog news on November 22, 2010 | Comments Off
There are now over 400 posts on the UK Human Rights Blog. This landmark provides a good opportunity to remind readers how to search the site. The most basic search function is by entering a word into the “search” box which is always available at the top right of the screen. You can also search [...]
UK Human Rights Blog shortlisted for JUSTICE Human Rights Award 2010
Posted in Blog news, tagged JUSTICE Human Rights Awards 2010 on November 17, 2010 | Comments Off
We are delighted to announce that the UK Human Rights Blog by 1 Crown Office Row chambers has been shortlisted for the JUSTICE Human Rights Award 2010. Also shortlisted are Reprieve and Bail for Immigration Detainees. The Human Rights Awards have been held each December since 2001 to commemorate Human Rights Day. As described by JUSTICE, the [...]
New Blawg Review at Pink Tape
Posted in Blog news, In the news, tagged blawg review on November 15, 2010 | Comments Off
Pink Tape, a family law blog written by barrister Lucy Reed, has published the latest Blawg (legal blog) review. For more about legal blogging, see here. If you have never come across the Blawg review, which has reached its 290th edition, here is the explanation from the blog carnival’s headquarters: Blawg Review is the blog [...]
Human rights roundup: Control orders, Google rapped and Henry VIII clauses
Posted in Blog news, In the news, tagged human rights on November 5, 2010 | Comments Off
Updated | For your weekend reading pleasure, some of this week’s human rights news, in bite-size form. The full list of our external links can be found on the right sidebar or here. Abu Hamza wins passport appeal – BBC: Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has won his appeal in the Special Immigration Appeals Commission [...]
The legal blogger shall inherit…
Posted in Blog news, tagged blawg on October 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Updated x 2 | Alex Aldridge has written an excellent and very comprehensive article about the rise and rise of UK legal blogging on Legalweek.com. The article is worth reading in full, as it highlights the strong growth of the legal blog in the past few years, and interviews a number of key legal bloggers. [...]
Human rights roundup: Sovereignty clause, forced marriage, more Stig
Posted in Art. 10 | Freedom of Expression, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Blog news, tagged human rights, Human Rights Act on October 8, 2010 | Comments Off
Some of this week’s human rights news, in bite-size form. The full list of our external links can be found on the right sidebar or here. Speeches: “The English Law of Privacy: An Evolving Human Right” – Lord Walker – UKSC blog: Supreme Court Justice Lord Walker of Gestingthorpe gave a speech to [...]
Top 10 posts of all time
Posted in Blog news, tagged human rights on October 1, 2010 | Comments Off
To celebrate our six-month birthday, and following the Inforrm Blog’s lead, here are our 10 most popular posts of all time. We launched the UK Human Rights Blog on 31 March 2010 and since then have had 86,070 page views, with over 20,000 coming this month alone. So thank you to all of our readers, [...]
Warning: Wild Lawyers at Large
Posted in Blog news, Environment, European, In the news, tagged Wild Law on September 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
A group of lawyers, academics and campaigners has been deciding how to shake up our legal landscape to make the future safer for our environment. Sixty years of human rights and it feels like they’ve been with us for ever. Two hundred and nine years since the founding fathers’ Bill of Rights came into effect [...]
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