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Posted in Blog news, tagged UK Human Rights Blog on September 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Human rights roundup: Phone-hacking, family law wrangling and how to not represent yourself in court
Posted in Blog news, CONVENTION RIGHTS, In the news, tagged human rights on September 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Some of this week’s human rights news, in bite-size form. The full list of our links can be found on the right sidebar or here: 7 Sep | Phone tapping row prompts surveillance law review – politics.co.uk: More on the phone-hacking scandal. The government say they will look at whether the law needs changing to make [...]
Human rights roundup: The FCO, Shoesmith, and local authorities taking over the world
Posted in Blog news, In the news, tagged human rights on September 2, 2010 |
Some of this week’s human rights news, in bite-size form. The full list of our links can be found on the right sidebar or here: FCO decision on human rights report ‘puts businesses at risk’ – The Law Gazette: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has threatened to cut back on its annual international human rights [...]
Burnham Market Book Festival: 1 – 3 October 2010
Posted in Blog news, tagged Burnham Market Book Festival on September 1, 2010 |
I hope you will excuse a brief promotional interlude, but my fellow Blogista, Rosalind English, is organising the second annual Burnham Market Book Festival which runs from 1st to 3rd October 2010 in Burnham Market, Norfolk. The festival will feature plenty of fascinating speakers, including Simon Jenkins, Sara Wheeler, ‘Nicci French’, General Sir Richard Dannatt [...]
New ways of sharing on the UK Human Rights Blog
Posted in Blog news on August 25, 2010 |
You will notice that posts now have options underneath them which may it easier to email, print and share (on Facebook and Twitter) UK Human Rights Blog posts. Why not give it a try? Enjoy! Please feel free to use the comment option on this post to let us know if there are any other [...]
Human rights news and case-law roundup
Posted in Blog news, CONVENTION RIGHTS, In the news, tagged human rights, news roundup on August 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We recently started adding links to interesting new articles and case-law on the right the sidebar under the heading “Selected news sources”. As of last week, these articles now appear on our Twitter feed (@ukhumanrightsb) and Facebook fan page too. Below is a quick rundown of some of the most recent stories. The full list of [...]
We have added a new ‘Tweet’ button at the bottom of all posts (after you have clicked through to the full article). This means that if you use Twitter, you will be able to share our posts quickly and easily. This is a good opportunity to explain how the blog links in with Twitter. Our [...]
Human rights news and case-law roundup
Posted in Blog news on August 5, 2010 |
We recently started adding links to interesting new articles and case-law on the right the sidebar under the heading “Selected news sources”. As of last week, these articles now appear on our Twitter feed (@ukhumanrightsb) too. Below is a quick rundown of the most recent links. The full list of links can be found here. 4 [...]
Human rights news and case-law roundup (23 July 2010)
Posted in Blog news on July 23, 2010 |
We recently started adding links to interesting new articles and case-law the sidebar under the heading “Selected news sources”. Below is a quick rundown of the most recent links. The full list of links can be found here. 23 July | Government delays Bribery Act – again: Siobhain Butterworth writes in the Guardian “This week the [...]
50 Best Blogs for Following Human Rights News
Posted in Blog news on July 21, 2010 |
The United States-based Onlinedegrees.net has published a list of the top 50 best blogs for following human rights news. The list can be found here. It is very useful, particularly for international sites. We are at number 19 and top of the “Location Specific” list. We have now placed a permanent link to the list [...]
Master of the Rolls calls for more restraint from Strasbourg judges
Posted in Art. 3 | Torture / Inhumane Treatment, Art. 5 | Right to Liberty, Art. 6 | Right to Fair Trial, Art. 7 | Retrospective Punishment, Art. 8 | Right to Privacy/Family, Blog news, European, In the news, Judges and Juries, Margin of Appreciation on July 6, 2010 |
The Master of the Rolls Lord Neuberger has given the first lecture to the meeting of the newly-formed the European Circuit of the Bar. Along with the contributions of Lord Judge, Lord Hoffmann and Lady Justice Arden, this address forms part of an elegant but increasingly intense debate that reflects unease about Strasbourg. At the [...]
Recent press and case-law roundup
Posted in Blog news on June 18, 2010 |
This week we started adding links to interesting new articles and case law the sidebar under the heading “Recent selected sources (del.icio.us)”. Below is a quick rundown of the most recent links. The full list of links can be found here. 18 June | FA (Iraq) v Secretary of State for the Home Department: New [...]
New feature: Delicious links
Posted in Blog news on June 10, 2010 |
You may have noticed a new feature on the UK Human Rights Blog, a box along the right sidebar entitled “Recent selected sources (del.icio.us)” This box shows five recent news sources selected by our bloggers. You can click on one of the titles to take you to the source, or on “Recent selected sources…” to [...]
UK Human Rights Blog by 1 Crown Office Row
Posted in Blog news on June 8, 2010 |
UK Human Rights Blog is written by members of 1 Crown Office Row barristers’ chambers. You can subscribe to free email alerts by entering your address in the ‘Email Subscription’ box below and to the right, or follow us on RSS, Facebook or Twitter.
New feature | Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights
Posted in Blog news, tagged UK Human Rights Blog on June 5, 2010 |
We have added a new “ECHR” page where you can access an index of the Articles of the European Convention on Human Rights. The page can be accessed by clicking here, or by clicking on the “ECHR” tab at the top of any page on the blog. Each Article has its own separate page with [...]
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