Despite negative reports from the media and political sectors, the public tends to be very receptive to the concept of legal protections of basic rights. Much of the important work the HRA does is rarely reported on.
René Cassin
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René Cassin Review of Limmud 2015
Limmud Conference 2015 saw René Cassin present a number of human rights talks on issues surrounding our campaign...
Human Rights Day – René Cassin signs joint letter to political leaders
René Cassin has joined over 150 other organisations in calling on political leaders to stand with us this Human...
René Cassin briefs MPs before Human Rights Day Parliamentary Debate
Today, on International Human Rights Day, Backbench MPs will debate the following motion: 'This House has Considered...
Happy Human Rights Day!
On this day in 1948, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Read our...
Happy Birthday to the Human Rights Act
Happy Birthday to the Human Rights Act. Today marks the 15th anniversary of the Human Rights Act (HRA) as UK law. It’s...
Human Rights Tour – Day of Action
Sunday 4 October, 11am-3pm at JHub, Haskell House, 152 West End Lane, London, NW6 1SD
Join us for a Young People’s Day: awareness raising and community debate for young people, marking 15 years of the Human Rights Act and what it means for us all.
New Article: Creeping conservatism of UK courts in Article 8 cases
The Human Rights Act is often criticized for affording too many people the right to stay in the UK due to their right...
From Magna Carta to Harmondsworth
From Magna Carta to Harmondsworth Article on the contradiction of celebrating the 800th Anniversary of Magna Carta in...
Save the Human Rights Act
Human Rights are Equally Ours Sometimes you can’t appreciate the value of something until it is taken away. So it is...
There’s No Such Thing as Trivial Rights
There's No Such Thing as Trivial Rights The Conservative Party’s proposal to repeal the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA),...
Protecting Parliamentary Sovereignty: A Justification for Repealing the HRA?
The legislative framework for safeguarding human rights came about because of the need to protect people from the...
