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  • Same-sex marriage: the US, Europe and the Obergefell questions

    Carl Gardner
    June 25, 2015

    Elvert Barnes | Creative CommonsThe US Supreme Court’s opinion in Obergefell v Hodges – it may come out today, or next week – will […]

    Tags: discrimination, ecj, ecthr, eu law, family, free movement, human rights, US constitution, US Supreme Court
  • Why Michael Gove must think carefully about the Human Rights Act

    Carl Gardner
    May 26, 2015

    Policy Exchange | Creative CommonsA fair amount’s been written about the problems ministers face as they aim to “scrap” the Human Rights Act (to use […]

    Tags: government, human rights, parliament, UK Supreme Court
  • RightsInfo

    Carl Gardner
    April 22, 2015

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    RightsInfo is a new website devoted to information about and advocacy for human rights. It’s the brainchild of Adam Wagner, the barrister and founder the the […]

    Tags: human rights
  • Britain’s got its way on prisoners’ votes – so why withdraw from the ECHR?

    Carl Gardner
    February 11, 2015

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    In yesterday’s judgment on 1,015 “legacy” applications, the European Court of Human Rights ruled once again that the legislative bar […]

    Tags: human rights
  • Dominic Grieve: I am not a lone voice crying in the wilderness

    Carl Gardner
    December 4, 2014


    The Conservative debate on human rights is “very far from over”, Dominic Grieve told an audience of lawyers last night, as he strongly criticised his party’s recent policy paper – saying he was […]

    Tags: Dominic Grieve, government, human rights
  • The PM’s “foreign fighters” plan: probably lawful

    Carl Gardner
    November 14, 2014

    Chris Fleming | Creative CommonsOvernight in Australia,

    Tags: government, human rights, immigration, international, terrorism
  • UK Supreme Court judgment: R (Chester) v Justice Secretary, McGeoch v Lord President

    Carl Gardner
    October 16, 2013

    It’s no surprise that the Supreme Court has today unanimously dismissed appeals by two prisoners who wanted various remedies under the Human Rights Act and EU law for being denied the vote in Parliamentary, […]

    Tags: human rights, prisons, UK Supreme Court
  • Even in a niqab, the defendant must be heard

    Carl Gardner
    September 19, 2013

    I’m no friend of the niqab. It’s the symbol of an oppressive ideology, and I look forward to its disappearance from the streets of Britain (which I think likely in my lifetime) and everywhere. I doubt a total ban’s a […]

    Tags: courts, crime, human rights, religion
  • The niqab ruling: my detailed comments

    Carl Gardner
    September 19, 2013

    Here’s Monday’s ruling by His Honour Judge Peter Murphy, that a female Muslim defendant at Blackfriars Crown Court may not give evidence wearing a niqab, or face veil. If you click on the highlighted phrases in the document, either in the […]

    Tags: courts, crime, human rights, religion
  • Alan Turing: the stain should not be erased

    Carl Gardner
    July 22, 2013

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    The government has said it will support Lord Sharkey’s bill aimed at giving a posthumous statutory pardon to Alan Turing for an offence under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment […]

    Tags: crime, government, human rights, parliament
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