Human Rights
May it please the court
Our elected representatives may finally wrest power back from the lawyers
War on words
A recent court case could give free speech advocates some serious leverage against the government
Rule of silence
Good laws can’t be made if we don’t talk about them, and bad laws can’t be repealed in silence
A catastrophic global human rights crisis
The abolition of the sex trade can’t come soon enough
Follow the money
We need to reset the overseas development aid discussion
The human rights era failed us
More than 70 years into the human rights era, the world is no more peaceful or tolerant
Why do we prioritise animals over pre-born babies?
The Government’s animal sentience bill makes a mockery of infant rights
Derailing the gravy train
The question of human rights, Christian morals and Western ethics has hitherto been an academic debate; now it is in the public arena
The religion of human rights
The reaction to the government’s Independent Human Rights Act Review suggests we are in distinct danger of succumbing to a destructively progressive cult
The offshoring of British social policy
Perhaps it is time we introduced bodies bankrolled by the UK taxpayer which support a commitment to democracy