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Government’s human rights proposals ‘seek to move us into very dangerous territory’

Government’s human rights proposals ‘seek to move us into very dangerous territory’

by aseifert | Jun 8, 2015 | Analysis & Comment, Features, Human Rights, Politics & Law

The UK’s prime minister is said to be prepared to break with the European convention on human rights, co-drafted by British lawyers in the wake of the second world war, if the Strasbourg-based court refuses to accept proposals to ‘scrap’ the Human Rights Act 1998. In...
The Corporate Power and Human Rights Project

The Corporate Power and Human Rights Project

by aseifert | Nov 29, 2013 | Human Rights, Training and Research

By Helle Abelvik-Lawson, Human Rights Project Officer, Human Rights Consortium (HRC) The Human Rights Consortium’s Corporate Power and Human Rights Project started in earnest at the beginning of the 2012–13 academic year.  Doctoral researcher at the Institute of...
This month at the Extreme Energy Initiative

This month at the Extreme Energy Initiative

by aseifert | May 21, 2013 | Events, Fellowships & Networks, Human Rights

Post by Helle Abelvik-Lawson We’ve had a busy May here at the Extreme Energy Initiative (a project of the Human Rights Consortium).  As well as formally launching and developing content for our dedicated project website, www.extremeenergy.org, our preliminary research...

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