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Blogging the bill of rights

Experts discuss the progress of the commission on a bill of rights and the future of the Human Rights Act
  • Baroness Helena Kennedy

    Dos and don'ts for the bill of rights commission

    Colin Harvey and Colm O'Cinneide

    Colin Harvey and Colm O'Cinneide: The commission's report on whether the Human Rights Act should be repealed is soon due. What should be avoided?

  • Michael Pinto-Duschinsky

    UK bill of rights commission: second time lucky

    Adam Wagner

    Adam Wagner: The launch of a second public consultation appears to be little more than a cursory, box-ticking exercise

  • Joshua Rozenberg

    Will the human rights court throw Britain a lifeline on prisoner votes?

    Joshua Rozenberg
    Joshua Rozenberg: If Strasbourg upholds its previous judgments, Cameron shouldn't expect the bill of rights commission to come to his rescue
  • Lord Lester

    Commission must not compromise by recommending bill identical to HRA

    Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
    Michael Pinto-Duschinsky: European convention on human rights is not under threat but we need a debate on parliamentary sovereignty
  • Home secretary Theresa May

    UK bill of rights commission should open up

    Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network
    Adam Wagner: Government panel examining human rights law should be courting public attention, not avoiding it
  • David Cameron: Council of Europe speech

    Human rights: Cameron's message to Europe

    Francesca Klug

    Francesca Klug: The European court of human rights is not all David Cameron has his sights on

  • boy hiv medication south africa

    How South Africa's bill of rights helped HIV campaigners

    Pierre de Vos
    Pierre de Vos: Some politicians and academics opposed the inclusion of social and economic rights in the bill. But it has deepened democracy
  • Theresa May at Tory party conference

    To Scots, repealing the Human Rights Act is a backward step

    Alan Miller
    Alan Miller: Proposals for a UK bill of rights show lack of understanding for devolved constituents and European partners
  • Jacob Zuma

    The court keeping a check on the South African state

    Pierre de Vos
    Pierre de Vos: Jacob Zuma may be angry at his nation's constitutional court, but a bill of rights gives it the right to overrule the government
  • South Africa's constitutional court

    The constitutional, innovative face of South African law

    Pierre de Vos
    Pierre de Vos: Judgments based on a bill of rights that often favour the poor can override common law, helping to rebuild trust in the system
  • Theresa May at Conservative party conference

    Majority verdict: we already have a bill of rights

    Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network

    Adam Wagner examines some of the responses to the consultation on a UK bill of rights

  • Dominic Grieve

    Listen to Northern Ireland's advice on a UK bill of rights

    Colin Harvey
    Colin Harvey: We are still waiting for a bill of rights in Northern Ireland, but the commission on a UK bill has much to learn from our experience
  • surgical tools operating theatre

    It's time to enshrine socioeconomic rights in law

    Jamie Burton

    Jamie Burton: The public feels strongly about such things as healthcare and education. To give only civil and political rights a legal basis is a mistake

  • European court of human rights

    British bill of rights commission needs to find common ground

    Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network

    Adam Wagner: Commission members seem split over suggestion of need of 'democratic override' of Strasbourg's court's decisions

  • david cameron speech Monday

    It is David Cameron who is 'twisting and misrepresenting' human rights

    Benjamin Ward
    Benjamin Ward: The prime minister's speech on the riots was another excuse to attack human rights law and promote his British bill of rights
  • Bill of rights commission fails to live up to its brief

    Matthew Burton
    Matthew Burton: In four and a half months, it has published only one 20-page discussion paper, which has some glaring errors and omissions
  • Does Britain need a bill of rights?

    Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights Blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network
    Adam Wagner: A British bill of rights may complicate human rights law further, and that would help nobody but lawyers
  • Timothy Garton Ash

    Hands off Ken Clarke! He can reconcile British pride with European justice

    Timothy Garton Ash

    Timothy Garton Ash: Reforming the European court of human rights while proposing a compatible British bill of rights is the perfect job for our justice minister

  • Stoking Eurosceptic anger may damage human rights

    Adam Wagner on the UK Human Rights blog, part of the Guardian Legal Network
    Adam Wagner: Geoffrey Robertson's article in Mail on Sunday may score short-term points for a bill of rights but could cause long-term harm
  • Afua Hirsch

    Bad start for bill of rights

    Afua Hirsch

    Afua Hirsch: If the Tories really want public engagement in the new review, why did they bury the last one?

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