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Is the Climate Crisis a Human Rights Crisis?
How a group of Swiss women may have changed the future of European climate-change.

Thea Glover
Apr 27, 20242 min read


The El Salvador Crime Crackdown: At What Cost?
Since declaring a state of emergency, El Salvador has undergone a massive transformation with plummeting homicide rates and organised crime.
Ilaria Freccia
Mar 31, 20243 min read


Small But Mighty: The Filipino Journalist Who’s Changing the World from Jail
Maria Ressa is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist fighting for the right to maintain freedom of the press in the Philippines.
Ilaria Freccia
Feb 18, 20242 min read


6th September Ruling & Lampedusa: A Review on The European Union’s Responsibility for Asylum Seekers
How a Syrian family who was deported from Greece represents broader issues in the EU’s policy for asylum seekers.
Katherine Clyne
Oct 26, 20235 min read


​​The Beautiful Game? The Rise of ‘Sportswashing’ in Football
In the past two decades there's been an alarming increase in the frequency of ‘sportswashing’ in football. What is it and how do we stop it?
Ed Macdonald
Oct 5, 20234 min read


The Moral Problem of the Imprisonment for Public Protection Scheme
Evaluating the recent debate over the now-scrapped IPP Scheme and its negative mental health consequences on prisoners
Ciaran Zanna
Oct 3, 20234 min read


Bordering On The Illegal? How the Illegal Migration Bill Contradicts International Law
A discussion of the Illegal Migration Bill’s implications and its legal ramifications.
Charlie Macbeth
May 5, 20236 min read


Why the UK is Correct to Want to Leave the European Convention of Human Rights
Recent discourse over the UK's Rwanda Policy has brought the ECHR to the foreground, particularly whether the UK should leave it.
Ciaran Zanna
Nov 17, 20224 min read


A Misstep on the Journey: Government Proposal to Reform the Human Rights Act
Why the suggested reforms to the Human Rights Act 1998 would be a detriment to human rights in the UK.

Ilhan Alp Yilmaz
Jun 12, 20224 min read


The Limitations of Transnational Constructions of Contamination
Why have courts ruled so differently on Texaco’s crude oil contamination of the Amazon?
Ava Rawson
Jun 5, 20223 min read


Brexit and Freedom: Has the UK Made an (E)U-Turn on Human Rights?
After withdrawing from the European Union, the United Kingdom must deal with the consequences of leaving an international organisation

Isla Martin
Apr 15, 20224 min read


Human Rights Law and Refugees: The Legal Implications of War in Ukraine
This article compares the UK and EU's responses to the Ukrainian refugee crisis to that more expansive policies are needed.

Morven Stanforth
Mar 27, 20224 min read


Pros and Cons of International Criminal Law and its Impact as a Transitional Justice Mechanism
This article critically assesses international criminal law through the case of the International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia.

James Lockamyeir
Mar 25, 20224 min read


Is the Law a "Colonial Fraud"?
This brief overview of the relationship between law and colonialism suggests that legal systems continue to support the colonial project.

Siobhan Ali
Feb 25, 20225 min read


Forgive and... Forget? Legal Insights into the Right to Be Forgotten in the Digital Milieu
Today, the Internet acts as a record of everything that has happened and is happening around and to everyone. This urges many to be...
Martina Sardelli
Feb 1, 20225 min read


Legal Restrictions on the Use of Reproductive Technologies: An Examination of IVF Laws in the UK
This article explores the history of regulations governing IVF and related technology and research in the United Kingdom

Laura Lu
Jan 30, 20224 min read


Effective or Draconian? An Analysis of the UK's Anti-Human Trafficking Policies
This article analyses the way in which UK laws about criminal complicity have clashed with those of the ECHR

Helen Lipsky
Jan 25, 20223 min read


Legal News Round Up: December 2021
Let us explore the final month in a tumultuous year and round off 2021 with a review of even more Covid restrictions and other headlines.

Aiden L Campbell
Jan 21, 20226 min read


The Legality of Mandatory Masks and Vaccinations
A reflection on human rights disputes related to the COVID-19 pandemic and analysis of relevant legal conventions

Britt Gronemeyer
Oct 10, 20213 min read


Internship Spotlight: Summer 2021
From interning with Sony Corporation to a virtual vacation scheme, here are some of the legal internships our team took part in this summer.

Siobhan Ali
Sep 21, 20218 min read
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