European Court of Human Rights

Time for the UK to Show It Takes Torture Seriously

Izza Leghtas | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Politics
Izza Leghtas

The United Nations Committee Against Torture will look at the United Kingdom's record on May 7 for the first time since 2004. What a difference eight ...

UKIP, No Thanks

Colin Cortbus | Posted 02.05.2013 | UK Universities & Education
Colin Cortbus

You kip if you want to, I won't be turning back on Britain's tradition of tolerance, rejecting extremism and protecting human rights.

Ned Simons

Tory MP Criticises 'Antiquated' Ban On Political Advertising Following European Court Ruling

HuffingtonPost.com | Ned Simons | Posted 22.04.2013 | UK Politics

European judges have upheld Britain's blanket ban on political advertising, after the coalition government insisted it was necessary to prevent "those...

Rapist And Paedophile To Receive Damages Over Human Rights Breach

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK

A convicted rapist and paedophile is to receive damages from the British government after a European court found his human rights had been breached. ...

We'll Scrap The Human Rights Act, Says May

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 09.03.2013 | UK Politics

Theresa May has promised that a Conservative government would scrap the Human Rights Act and could go further by pulling out of its European obligatio...

Plots And Counterplots: Tory Leadership Chatter

Ned Simons | Posted 06.05.2013 | UK Politics
Ned Simons

So apparently Theresa May's plot to take Britain out of the European Court of Human Rights, viewed as part of her plot to succeed David Cameron as Tory leader, was actually leaked by a cabinet rival plotting their own plot against her.

Ken Clarke: European Court Protects People From 'Tabloid Lynch Mob'

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 04.03.2013 | UK Politics

Ken Clarke has rubbished justice secretary Chris Grayling's suggestion a future Tory government would withdraw Britain from the European Court of Huma...

Fun Fair Rapist Wins Damages For Human Rights Violation

PA | Posted 29.01.2013 | UK

A fun-fair worker who raped a young teenager after forcing her to drink alcohol has won damages after a European court ruled his human rights had been...

Christians Win Right to Wear Cross, but Not to Believe in Marriage

Mike Judge | Posted 17.03.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Mike Judge

Yes, there are a variety of beliefs about marriage in society. Yes, there are people on all sides of the gay marriage debate. But should your beliefs about that issue result in you being pushed out of your job? Should your career be abruptly ended because you think marriage is only for men and women?

Ireland To Legalise Abortion

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 19.12.2012 | UK

The Irish government is to introduce legislation to allow terminations to be carried out in the country, following a European Court ruling which found...

Many Brits Say No Prison Votes, Deport Abu Qatada Regardless and Bring Back Power From the European Court

Joel Faulkner Rogers | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Politics
Joel Faulkner Rogers

There's a perceptible preference in British public attitudes for a return of sovereignty on questions of human rights, and a significant consensus that believes the European Court of Human Rights does less to protect Britain's interests and more to protect its criminals.

Give Prisoners the Vote

Matt Dathan | Posted 21.01.2013 | UK Politics
Matt Dathan

We cannot pick and choose which parts of the European Convention on Human Rights we abide by while at the same time shouting and lecturing at the poor record of other countries, such as Russia for example.

Will MPs Have Their Say On Giving Prisoners The Vote?

PA | Posted 22.11.2012 | UK Politics

Plans for MPs to have a say on whether prisoners should be given the vote will be set out today by the Government in the latest round of its long-runn...

Should European Courts Respect Britain's Ban On Prisoner Voting?

PA | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK

The European Court of Human Rights should respect Britain's "sensible and proportionate" ban on prisoners voting, Labour said today as the Government ...

Prisoner 'Right To Vote' Deadline Looms

PA | Posted 18.11.2012 | UK Politics

Parliament will be given another say on whether to give prisoners the vote as the deadline for Britain to comply with a European ruling on the controv...

Sacked BNP Bus Driver Wins Euro Court Battle Over Sacking

PA | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK

The sacking of a bus driver for being a member of the far-right BNP was a breach of his human rights, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled. ...

Can the Tories - or Any Government - Be Trusted With Human Rights?

Mikey Smith | Posted 28.12.2012 | UK Politics
Mikey Smith

Sickening though the thought of sharing genetics with them may be, rapists remain human beings. A person's humanity can neither be removed nor relinquished - no matter how disgusting their crime. So if we consider, as per the UDHR, that the right to vote is a natural, human right, the only limit can be humanity

Has The Court Of Human Rights Become A 'Hate Figure' In Britain?

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.10.2012 | UK Politics

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is becoming a "hate figure" in the UK, its outgoing president has said. Writing in the Independent, Sir N...

'Prisoners Are Not Getting The Vote Under This Government'

The Huffington Post UK | Ned Simons | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK Politics

David Cameron has set himself on a collision course with the European Court of Human rights by inviting MPs to vote against lifting the blanket ban on...

Tory Row Over Suggestions Prisoners To Be Given The Vote

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.10.2012 | UK Politics

A 'blue-on-blue' row has erupted after suggestions the coalition is poised to give prisoners the vote, with one Tory MP saying the changes would only ...

Open the Flood Gates and Drown the Opposition

Daniel M. Swain | Posted 22.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Daniel M. Swain

Consistent academic reports on the benefits of immigration have failed, over the history of the post-war political arrangement, in almost every liberal democracy, to produce a significant shift in public opinion.

Hamza Launches Last-Minute Appeal Against Extradition

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 24.11.2012 | UK

Radical cleric Abu Hamza has launched a last-minute High Court challenge in a move to avoid extradition to the United States, it was confirmed on Wedn...

Extradition: A Victory for Terror

Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Politics
Dr. Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed

Extradition, in other words, does nothing for the fight against terrorism. On the contrary, it is a self-serving red-herring designed to conceal the dubious systemic failures of British and American security agencies from public knowledge, while vindicating their unaccountable powers to override the rule of law.

Abu Hamza's Lengthy and Expensive Delay of Justice

Robert Prager | Posted 25.11.2012 | UK Politics
Robert Prager

A key part of Hamza's legal argument was utterly absurd and it beggars belief that he has been able to delay extradition on this point.

LISTEN: The Queen 'Asked Why Abu Hamza Hadn't Been Arrested'

The Huffington Post UK | Dina Rickman | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK

The Queen apparently revealed to a BBC reporter that she once asked a Home Secretary why Britain could not arrest radical cleric Abu Hamza. BBC sec...