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Bill of Rights
The name commonly used for the Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, passed by parliament in December 1689. Its concern -in accordance to Bamber Gascoigne´ Encyclopedia of Britain about “Bill of Rights”- was not with the rights of the individual subject. It dealt instead with [...]Brighton Declaration of the European Court of Human Rights
The 47 member nations of the Council of Europe agreed a package of reforms at a conference in Brighton in 2012. These reforms were published in the Brighton Declaration. The plan is to amend the introduction to the European Convention on Human Rights (known as the preamble) to include the [...]Effects Of Privatisation
What Are the Effects of Privatisation on Staff-prisoner Relationships Alison Liebling, from the University of Cambridge, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category "Criminal Justice and Human Rights," under the title "What Are the [...]Equality Impact Assessment
Equality Impact Assessment (EIA) in the Context of Equality Law The meaning of Equality Impact Assessment (EIA), published by the Equality and Diversity Forum (a United Kindom network of equality and human rights organisations), is the following: is a formal structured approach to assessing [...]Equality Law
Equality Law in the Context of Human Rights Resources See Also Equality Law Equality Act Equality Legislation Human RightsEquality Legislation
Equality Legislation in the Context of Equality Law Resources See Also Equality Law Equality Act Equality Legislation Human RightsEquality of Opportunity
Equality of opportunity in the Context of Equality Law The meaning of Equality of opportunity, published by the Equality and Diversity Forum (a United Kindom network of equality and human rights organisations), is the following: means everyone having an equal opportunity to achieve their full [...]Freedom of Association
Definition of Freedom of Association In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Freedom of Association : A right set out in Article 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights and now part of UK law as a consequence of the *Human Rights Act 1998. This right [...]Freedom of Expression
Definition of Freedom of Expression In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Freedom of Expression : A right set out in Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights and now part of UK law as a consequence of the *Human Rights Act 1998. Freedom of [...]Human Rights
Human Rights in the Context of Equality Law Resources Equality Topics Equality Law Equality Act Equality Legislation Human Rights Asylum and Refugee Topics Political Asylum Refugees Asylum Asylum Law Refugee Crisis Refugee Action Refugee Definition Political Asylum Definition Right of [...]Human Rights (ECHR) Milestone Cases
ADT v United Kingdom - 35765/97 (BAILII: [2000] ECHR 402 ) Aerts v Belgium - 25357/94 (BAILII: [1998] ECHR 64 ) Ahmed & Ors v United Kingdom - 22954/93 (BAILII: [1998] ECHR 78 ) Ahmed v Austria - 25964/94 (BAILII: [1996] ECHR 63 ) (1997) 24 EHRR [...]Meaning Of Sentencing
Explaining the Meaning of ‘sentencing’ Nicola Padfield, from the University of Cambridge, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category "Criminal Justice and Human Rights," under the title "Explaining the Meaning of ‘sentencing’". [...]Migrant Women
The Criminalisation of Migrant Women: a Feminist Perspective Loraine Gelsthorpe, from the University of Cambridge, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category "Criminal Justice and Human Rights," under the title "The Criminalisation [...]Miscarriages Of Justice
Fact-finding, Legal Culture and Miscarriages of Justice: a Preliminary Analysis From England and Wales STEWART FIELD, from the CARDIFF UNIVERSITY, CARDIFF LAW SCHOOL, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category "Criminal Justice and [...]State Violence
Punishment, the Body and Comparative State Violence: the ‘peculiar Institution’ and ‘the Dirty War’ Jon Shute, from the University of Manchester Law School, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category "Criminal Justice and Human [...]Terrorism Suspects
Media Constructions of Terrorism Suspects and Their Human Rights Claims Lieve Gies, from the University of Leicester, made a contribution to the 2012 Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology, in the category "Criminal Justice and Human Rights," under the title "Media [...]Victimisation
Victimisation in the Context of Equality Law The meaning of Victimisation, published by the Equality and Diversity Forum (a United Kindom network of equality and human rights organisations), is the following: means treating a person badly because they have made or supported a complaint about [...]In Perpetual Beta
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