News/ Announcements
April 2012
"The UK and the European Court of Human Rights - a new research report written by HRSJ's Philip Leach, Alice Donald and Jane Gordon, published by The Equality and Human Rights Commission, sets out to debunk myths about the European system of human rights protection and its impact on the UK.
Read the media release and press coverage of the Report in The Times newspaper and The Guardian
20 April: UK vs. Strasbourg: dont believe the hype - Alice Donald, HRSJ in the UK Human Rights Blog
19 April: Strasbourg: focus on facts, not fiction- P.Leach, A.Donald and J.Gordon, The Times
March 2012
"Tinkering with the powers of the human rights court could be dangerous" - read Philip Leach's comment in The Guardian
February 2012
Dr Costas Paraskeva, who completed his PhD at HRSJ gets elected as the Cypriot member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT). Read the full article here
January 2012
P.Leach, Resolving Systemic Human Rights Violations – Assessing the European Court’s Pilot Judgment Procedure in S. Besson (ed.) The European Court of Human Rights after Protocol 14 – Preliminary Assessment and Perspectives, Geneva, Schulthess, 2011
December 2011 UK Bill of rights questioned
November 2011 HRSJ's contribution to a consultation on a new Bill of Rights for the UK
October 2011 Strasbourg and the UK: Dialogue or Conflict?
September 2011 London Met expert to speak at Human Rights debate
September 2011 HRSJ Director calls for Human Rights clarity
August 2011 The Guardian - Reforming human rights in Europe
August 2011, Practical guide to human rights produced at LondonMet
August 2011, The Guardian - Online human rights guidance launched by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
June 2011 HRSJ helps develop new human rights practice site
January 2011 Islington Tribunal - 'Fairness gurus' Professor Richard Wilkinson and Will Hutton go head to head'
January 2011 Human Rights and Social Justice hotly debated at London Met
Philip Leach shortlisted for the 2010 JUSTICE Human Rights Lawyer of the Year
HRSJ Director shortlisted for JUSTICE Human Rights Lawyer of the Year award
October 2010 Influential London Met philosopher to give public talk
March 2010 HRSJ launches EHRC-commissioned Bill of Rights report
June 2009 HRSJ to examine the practice of the European Court of Human Rights
April 2009 Security and Protection for Human Rights Defenders
June 2008 HRSJ Professor wins first prize for book
