Being a (Physically) Disabled Lawyer: the Lessons Learned
Disabled people face the same prejudicial obstructions as women, gender, sexual and romantic minorities, ethnic minorities and the working class. They also have further obstacles, such as architecture, ableist practices and life inconveniences. On 27 February 2018, a...
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Defending Liberty in the age of Donald Trump: A View from the Front
On February 5 two eminent civil liberties advocates from opposite sides of the Atlantic discussed the importance of individual and collective engagement in defending liberty. Following a touching tribute by Martin Westgate QC to a true friend of liberty – Sir Henry...
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A Review of the Human Rights Year: Rebels with a Cause
Anyone who’s had access to the internet or a newspaper this year will agree that the events that transpired have caused a great deal of concern for human rights across the world. This year alone, we saw the inauguration of President Trump, the Grenfell tragedy and...
read moreFrom the Chair
My Name is Angela. I am a Human Rights Lawyer. As 2017 comes to a close, I was delighted to host an exceptional panel for our Annual Review last night with Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Dominic Grieve QC MP, Angela Jackman, Afua Hirsch and Professor Conor Gearty....
read moreFaith, Conscience and Human Rights
Questions of religion and society are as complex as they are controversial. 2017 alone has been indicative of this with several terrorist attacks carried out in the name of Islam, court judgments banning headscarves in the workplace, and more recently, the prohibition...
read moreHuman Rights, Public Inquiries and the Public Interest
In terms of major inquests and public inquiries the past year or so has been a time of endings and beginnings. The families of those who died at Hillsborough in the UK’s biggest-ever sporting disaster have finally, after 28 years, received a measure of justice, with...
read moreHow to be a Human Rights Lawyer
For many of us aspiring Human Rights lawyers, the prospect of fighting for our place in this increasingly competitive area of legal practice can be daunting. I am a current LPC LLM student and I know many of us, myself included, have been warned off and told that...
read moreThe Significance of Commercial Human Rights Post-Brexit
Before a central London audience earlier this month, Charles Brasted, partner and head of public law and policy at Hogan Lovells, and leading QCs Tim Ward, Jessica Simor and Gerry Facenna reflected on the likely impact of the UK's withdrawal on commercial human rights...
read moreMental Health and Human Rights
Positive public discussion of at least some of the most common mental health has scarcely been higher. Tireless work by campaigning organisations such as Mind, Scope, the Time to Change initiative has started to gain traction in the movement to reduce the stigma...
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‘Five Ideas to Fight For’ – Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC in Conversation with Angela Patrick
By Michael Etienne Anyone who thought this event, Angela Patrick’s first since being appointed Chair of the HRLA, was going to be a cosy pre-Easter chat about Lord Lester’s latest book, “Five Ideas to Fight For: How Our Freedom Is Under Threat and Why It Matters”,...
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