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The decision of the ECtHR is now final – The UK Government has 6 months to address the blanket ban on prisoners’ votes.

In a report issued today (see here), the Human Rights Committee, which is a joint committee of both Houses of Parliament chaired by Dr Hywel Francis MP (Aberavon), issued its own critical report on the bill.

In February 2025, the National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) published updated practice guidance on investigating child deaths, replacing the 2014 ACPO Guide.

On 17 October 2019, the Government published the 2019 UK Annual Report on Modern Slavery. It provides an overview of modern slavery concerns and issues in the UK and sets out the UK's

UN attempts to address human rights abuses caused by the environmental degradations of mining and toxic waste came under the spotlight at a joint United Nations Side Event by Franciscans...

A global organization launches a critical report examining how AI transparency tools and content provenance systems, designed to promote trust and verify authenticity, could paradoxically be weaponized against journalists, human rights defenders, and documentary filmmakers in hostile political environments. The analysis explores the unintended surveillance risks embedded in digital watermarking and content credential technologies now being integrated into cameras, mobile devices, and distribution platforms.

A recent Supreme Court case has demonstrated that, sometimes, international convention will prevail over European legislation when they are in conflict.

Two pieces of UK legislation – the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA), as amended in 2017, and the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (SAMLA) – now include provisions inspired by ...

The Administrative Court has delivered a significant judgment clarifying that the Home Office Crime Recording Rules (HOCA) do not govern police retention of information on local databases. In a case involving an autistic eight-year-old child, the court emphasized that retention decisions must be made under the College of Policing's guidance, requiring individualized assessments of necessity and proportionality rather than relying on crime recording statistics frameworks.

Significant developments continue in the field of human rights and environmental litigation in the UK. On 12 February 2021, the Supreme Court issued its unanimous judgment...

An 'historic resolution' between the UN Human Rights Council and privacy commissioners passed earlier this year to strengthen links between the organisations on the right to privacy.

In the latest of our Thinkins with Tortoise Media we were joined by Lysa Hardy - Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Board Member, Hotel Chocolat and Louise Stonier - Group Chief People...

On 25 April 2023, the European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee voted in favour of a revised version of the EU draft Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive ("the Draft Directive").

In December, EHRC published a report on the first round of gender pay gap reporting, focusing on explanatory narratives and action plans.

This inquiry parallels the objectives of Australia's Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.

Businesses and investors have been given a clear signal as to the direction of travel of the new European Parliament and Commission on business and human rights at a conference on 2 December 2019...

Businesses and investors have been given a clear signal as to the direction of travel of the new European Parliament and Commission on business and human rights at a conference on 2 December 2019.