The UK government must decide if it wants to risk undermining the robust system of human rights protections.
- Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
The UK government is briefing that a remote patch of land in the South Atlantic could become a processing hub for people crossing the Channel in small boats.
The European court has ruled that interim measures are legally binding under international law.
The court blocked the UK from deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda until after cases in the UK are decided.
The Council of Europe aims to promote human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but it hasn’t moved to suspend Russia over its actions in Ukraine.
The European court of human rights has found the Russian state responsible for Litvinenko’s death by poisoning.
Many countries, including the UK, are considering mandatory vaccination programmes. They may violate human rights law.
Can Belarus claim to have been within its rights to divert a Ryanair flight and detain passengers?
Why haven’t international and European human rights organisations done more to protect the human rights of Belarusians?
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