News/ Announcements
September 2012
Comment in Accord Coalition, on HRSJ's report exploring controversies about equality, human rights and religion or belief, 13 Sept 2012
August 2012
A wide-ranging report exploring controversies about equality, human rights and religion or belief in England and Wales has been produced by researchers in the Human Rights and Social Justice Research Institute.
PRESS RELEASE by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
A Donald's comment in the UK Human Rights Blog
Comment on the Equality and Diversity Forum
April 2012
Press Release, "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. View the extensive press coverage of our report via the links below
24 April, ECHR BLOG: Academic Report on UK and ECHR
http://echrblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/academic-report-on-uk-and-echr.html
20 April, Financial Times: Critics question gains as Clarke hails court reform.
20 April: UK vs. Strasbourg: dont believe the hype - says Alice Donald, HRSJ in the UK Human Rights Blog
20 April, The Guardian: Clarke lauds reforms to European court
20 April, The Guardian: Yes, criticise individual cases but Strasbourg court should develop law
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/apr/20/strasbourg-court-develop-law-study
20 April, The Daily Telegraph: Clarke hails European court reform despite its leader saying nothing has changed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/9215613/Clarke-hails-European-court-reform-despite-its-leader-saying-nothing-has-changed.html
19 April, The Guardian: Ken Clarke backs 'Brighton declaration'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2012/apr/19/ken-clarke-defends-brighton-declaration
The Guardian
19 April: Strasbourg: focus on facts, not fiction- P.Leach, A.Donald and J.Gordon, The Times
19 April, Financial Times: Clarke hails ECHR reform but critics unconvinced
19 April, Daily Mail: Human rights humiliation 1: Judges defy UK bid to overhaul European Court
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132345/Human-rights-law-Judges-defy-UK-bid-overhaul-European-Court.html?ITO=1490
http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/publications/our-research/research-reports/research-reports-81/
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
