Human Rights

Our elected representatives may finally wrest power back from the lawyers

A recent court case could give free speech advocates some serious leverage against the government

Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence

The abolition of the sex trade can’t come soon enough

We need to reset the overseas development aid discussion

More than 70 years into the human rights era, the world is no more peaceful or tolerant

The Government’s animal sentience bill makes a mockery of infant rights

The question of human rights, Christian morals and Western ethics has hitherto been an academic debate; now it is in the public arena

The reaction to the government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review suggests we are in distinct danger of succumbing to a destructively progressive cult

Perhaps it is time we introduced bodies bankrolled by the UK taxpayer which support a commitment to democracy