This book offers a rich analysis of many aspects of human rights law in the UK and the European legal framework while also including critiques of human rights and the varying conceptions of rights. This book has the advantage of engaging with both Strasbourg caselaw, domestic jurisprudence and the academic scholarship. The issues covered include the right to life, the prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, abortion and assisted dying, modern slavery and human trafficking, terrorism, immigration, privacy, hate speech, protest, religion, equality and non-discrimination.
This book offers a rich analysis of many aspects of human rights law in the UK and the European legal framework while also including critiques of human rights and the varying conceptions of rights. This book has the advantage of engaging with both Strasbourg caselaw, domestic jurisprudence and the academic scholarship. The issues covered include the right to life, the prohibition of torture, inhuman and degrading treatment, abortion and assisted dying, modern slavery and human trafficking, terrorism, immigration, privacy, hate speech, protest, religion, equality and non-discrimination.
Kirsty Hughes is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, Director of the Centre for Public Law, and a member of Blackstone Chambers Academic Panel. She is joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review and Deputy Editor of Public Law. Her research has been awarded the Wedderburn Prize and has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal in England and Wales, and by parliamentary committees. She has also given oral evidence in the House of Lords. She has been the recipient of numerous research fellowships including at UNSW, EUI, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Harvard Law School. She has also lectured at universities in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2023 she was shortlisted for the Postgraduate Research Supervisor of the year award.
Inhaltsangabe
Foreword Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE Preface Table of cases 1. The nature of rights and critiques of human rights 2. The human rights law framework in the UK 3. The European human rights framework 4. The right to life 5. Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 6. Human rights at the beginning and end of life: abortion, withdrawal/refusal of treatment and assisted dying 7. Modern slavery and human trafficking 8. Terrorism 9. Article 8 echr and immigration 10. Privacy and freedom of expression 11. Hate speech 12. The right to protest 13. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 14. Non-discrimination and equality Index.
Foreword Baroness Hale of Richmond DBE Preface Table of cases 1. The nature of rights and critiques of human rights 2. The human rights law framework in the UK 3. The European human rights framework 4. The right to life 5. Freedom from torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 6. Human rights at the beginning and end of life: abortion, withdrawal/refusal of treatment and assisted dying 7. Modern slavery and human trafficking 8. Terrorism 9. Article 8 echr and immigration 10. Privacy and freedom of expression 11. Hate speech 12. The right to protest 13. Freedom of thought, conscience and religion 14. Non-discrimination and equality Index.
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