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Committee CorridorDoes the Human Rights Act need to be reformed?25 years ago, the landmark Human Rights Act changed the way in which human rights were enforced throughout the United Kingdom.
The Act gave domestic effect to the European Convention on Human Rights. The UK was one of the first countries to sign and ratify the convention in 1951.
Last year, the Government brought forward legislation for a British Bill of Rights, which would repeal and replace the Human Rights Act, but would place limitations on the interpretation and enforcement of those rights.
Host Joanna Cherry is joined by Professor Francesca Klug who considers the...2023-03-0239 min
Better Human Podcast54 - Why the Human Rights Act mattersThe government wants to reform the Human Rights Act. In this episode - record before the proposals were announced - Francesca Klug, Kirsty Brimelow QC, Dimitrios Giannoulopoulos and I discuss why our human rights law is important. Thank you to Goldsmiths Law for allowing me to record this live event.2022-01-061h 36
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass PodcastBelonging, Place and the Nation with Clive Lewis, Francesca Klug and Stuart White | Ep.37On this very special edition of It’s Bloody Complicated, we're joined by Clive Lewis, MP for Norwich South; academic and advocate for human rights Francesca Klug; and political theorist Stuart White to celebrate the launch of Belonging, Place and the Nation, Compass’s new report into nationalism and patriotism.Should we try to confront the Right with our own, more progressive, patriotism and nationalism? Or should we abandon these terms and instead try to build something else?In Belonging, Place and the Nation, Clive and Francesca explore what it means to belong, in a wide...2021-03-041h 12
It's Bloody Complicated - A Compass PodcastProgressive Alliance: The Reunion | Ep.36On this edition of It’s Bloody Complicated , we're celebrating a very special reunion. Neal Lawson is joined by 2017 Progressive Alliance veterans Andrée Frieze, Barry Langford, Stephen Clark, Remco van der Stoep, Jana Mills, Steve Williams and Frances Foley to look back on the successes and lessons of that election, and look forward to how we can build a formidable Progressive Alliance next time.Results analysis suggests that, in 2017, the Progressive Alliance made a difference in dozens of seats, contributing to the Conservatives losing their majority in Parliament. It’s time to get the band back toget...2021-02-191h 06
The Constitution UnitConstitutional Reform, Then and NowAs part of the Constitution Unit’s 25th anniversary celebrations, this online seminar looks back at the constitutional reform agenda of the 1997 Labour government, and forward at the constitutional reforms proposed in the 2019 Conservative manifesto. What were the key questions, and motivating factors, then and now? Jack Straw, who held senior positions in the Brown and Blair cabinets, and Professor Francesca Klug OBE, discuss the origins of New Labour’s constitutional reform programme, its implementation and its legacy. David Gauke, Lord Chancellor under Theresa May, discusses the current government’s constitutional reform proposals.Speakers:Jack St...2020-11-271h 19
Better Human Podcast7 - The fascinating inside story of the Human Rights Act's birthProfessor Francesca Klug OBE and Jonathan Cooper OBE relate the fascinating inside story of how the UK passed its first modern bill of rights: the Human Rights Act 1998. In our current times of division it is inspiring to hear how cross-ideological consensus was built and practical solutions found to seemingly impossible problems. This was an amazing discussion and timely given the Conservative Party's commitment to "update" the Human Rights Act.2019-12-091h 17
Latest 300 | LSE Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfUniversal Declaration of Human Rights at 70: rejuvenate or retire? [Audio]Speaker(s): Professor Francesca Klug | At the beginning of the year in which the UDHR’s 70 birthday will be commemorated around the globe, Francesca Klug asks: is the Declaration no longer relevant for our modern world or has its time finally come? Francesca Klug is a Visiting Professor at LSE Human Rights and former Director of the Human Rights Futures Project from 2001-2015 at the LSE Centre for the Study of Human Rights. Francesca was formerly a Senior Research Fellow at King's College Law School where she assisted the government in devising the model for incorporating the European Convention on Hu...2018-02-051h 32
Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfRhetoric and Reality: from Magna Carta to human rights todayContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human-kind'. Yet in the year in which this medieval Charter's 800th birthday is widely celebrated, the future of the UK's commitment to international human rights standards is in doubt. Why is it that features which are lauded as ‘totemic’ in the Magna Carta are condemned as ‘...2015-06-101h 25Summer 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoRhetoric and Reality: from Magna Carta to human rights todayContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human-kind'. Yet in the year in which this medieval Charter's 800th birthday is widely celebrated, the future of the UK's commitment to international human rights standards is in doubt. Why is it that features which are lauded as ‘totemic’ in the Magna Carta are condemned as ‘...2015-06-101h 25
Department of LawWhat Has the Magna Carta Ever Done for Us? [Video]Contributor(s): Robert Craig, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, Dr Mara Malagodi | What’s so great about the Magna Carta? In all the frenzy of celebration, LSE Law academics will sound a few warnings against hype. Robert Craig is teacher of Jurisprudence and Public Law at LSE. Conor Gearty is Director of the Institute of Public Affairs and Professor of Human Rights Law at LSE. Francesca Klug is Professorial Research Fellow in LSE Law. Mara Malagodi is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow in LSE Law.2015-06-011h 36
Gearty GrillingsGearty Grilling: Francesca Klug on Human RightsContributor(s): Francesca Klug | Francesca Klug, Professorial Research Fellow, discusses human rights and the Magna Carta.2015-03-0505 minSpring 2015 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfLiterary Festival 2015: A Magna Carta for Humanity: homing in on human rightsContributor(s): Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human kind'. How has the Magna Carta, initially considered a failure, achieved such iconic status? And can how those who proudly commemorate its 800th year simultaneously pledge to repeal the more modern laws which seek to protect our fundamental rights and freedoms? In A Magna Carta for...2015-02-271h 28Spring 2015 | Public lectures and events | VideoLiterary Festival 2015: A Magna Carta for Humanity: homing in on human rightsContributor(s): Professor Francesca Klug | The Magna Carta, sealed in 1215, has come to stand for the rule of law, curbs on executive power and the freedom to enjoy basic liberties. When the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations in 1948, it was heralded as 'a Magna Carta for all human kind'. How has the Magna Carta, initially considered a failure, achieved such iconic status? And can how those who proudly commemorate its 800th year simultaneously pledge to repeal the more modern laws which seek to protect our fundamental rights and freedoms? In A Magna Carta for...2015-02-271h 28Summer 2013 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfVirtuous Citizenship and the Moral Values of One NationContributor(s): Jon Cruddas MP, David Davis MP, Professor Francesca Klug, Professor Alan Sked | Britain as "One Nation" is an idea that originated with the Conservative Party, in particular its Victorian leader Benjamin Disraeli who saw Britain divided into two nations, the rich and the poor. Disraeli defined One Nation politics as the practices necessary to, 'maintain the institutions of the realm and elevate the condition of the people'. In his 2012 conference speech the Labour leader Ed Miliband defined his party as "One Nation" Labour, and in so doing directly and consciously challenged the Tory ownership of this important political...2013-06-121h 26Summer 2013 | Public lectures and events | VideoVirtuous Citizenship and the Moral Values of One NationContributor(s): Jon Cruddas MP, David Davis MP, Professor Francesca Klug, Professor Alan Sked | Britain as "One Nation" is an idea that originated with the Conservative Party, in particular its Victorian leader Benjamin Disraeli who saw Britain divided into two nations, the rich and the poor. Disraeli defined One Nation politics as the practices necessary to, 'maintain the institutions of the realm and elevate the condition of the people'. In his 2012 conference speech the Labour leader Ed Miliband defined his party as "One Nation" Labour, and in so doing directly and consciously challenged the Tory ownership of this important political...2013-06-121h 26Autumn 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfShould the Human Rights Act be replaced with a New Bill of Rights?Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky | A debate on the value of the Human Rights Act against a British Bill of Rights. Conor Gearty is professor of law at LSE. Francesca Klug is a professorial research fellow at LSE and director of the Human Rights Futures Project. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky is a senior consultant on constitutional affairs at Policy Exchange and was formerly a member of the UK commission on a bill of rights.2012-11-221h 26Autumn 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoShould the Human Rights Act be replaced with a New Bill of Rights?Contributor(s): Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky | A debate on the value of the Human Rights Act against a British Bill of Rights. Conor Gearty is professor of law at LSE. Francesca Klug is a professorial research fellow at LSE and director of the Human Rights Futures Project. Michael Pinto-Duschinsky is a senior consultant on constitutional affairs at Policy Exchange and was formerly a member of the UK commission on a bill of rights.2012-11-221h 26Spring 2012 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfCitizens' Privileges or Human Rights? The Great Bill of Rights SwindleContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | New Labour arguably left Britain more comfortable in its diversity and better protected by anti-discrimination law. Equal treatment for gay people advanced significantly and the Human Rights Act provides a modern Bill of Rights for everyone in the Kingdom. Curiously however, parallel laws dishonoured these values in thought, word and deed. Home affairs hyperactivity left ours a less friendly country in which to seek asylum, dissent or even be young. The Coalition bound itself together with "civil liberties" and quickly reversed some excesses of the previous decade. Last year's "Arab Spring saw it promote human rights...2012-03-201h 27Spring 2012 | Public lectures and events | VideoCitizens' Privileges or Human Rights? The Great Bill of Rights SwindleContributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti | New Labour arguably left Britain more comfortable in its diversity and better protected by anti-discrimination law. Equal treatment for gay people advanced significantly and the Human Rights Act provides a modern Bill of Rights for everyone in the Kingdom. Curiously however, parallel laws dishonoured these values in thought, word and deed. Home affairs hyperactivity left ours a less friendly country in which to seek asylum, dissent or even be young. The Coalition bound itself together with "civil liberties" and quickly reversed some excesses of the previous decade. Last year's "Arab Spring saw it promote human rights...2012-03-201h 27Autumn 2010 | Public lectures and events | VideoThe Rights' FutureContributor(s): Professor Costas Douzinas, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, David Lammy | Conor Gearty joins invited guests to initiate 'The Rights' Future' a collaborative writing project aimed at the production of a book to be launched at LSE's literary festival early in 2011. Starting this evening with his RIGHTS' MANIFESTO, Gearty will release a series of weekly essays onto the web which will probe the history of human rights, address their present state in the world and map out some of the possible futures that await this morally important but highly contested phrase.2010-10-061h 28Autumn 2010 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfThe Rights' FutureContributor(s): Professor Costas Douzinas, Professor Conor Gearty, Professor Francesca Klug, David Lammy | Conor Gearty joins invited guests to initiate 'The Rights' Future' a collaborative writing project aimed at the production of a book to be launched at LSE's literary festival early in 2011. Starting this evening with his RIGHTS' MANIFESTO, Gearty will release a series of weekly essays onto the web which will probe the history of human rights, address their present state in the world and map out some of the possible futures that await this morally important but highly contested phrase.2010-10-061h 28Autumn 2008 | Public lectures and events | VideoHuman Rights Day Event: The Right of Rights 1948-2008Contributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Jonathan Cooper, Professor Conor Gearty, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Professor Francesca Klug, Professor Peter Townsend | To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this fun yet challenging event will ask which is the greatest right.2008-12-041h 25Autumn 2008 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfHuman Rights Day Event: The Right of Rights 1948-2008Contributor(s): Shami Chakrabarti, Jonathan Cooper, Professor Conor Gearty, Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Professor Francesca Klug, Professor Peter Townsend | To mark the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, this fun yet challenging event will ask which is the greatest right.2008-12-041h 25Autumn 2007 | Public lectures and events | Audio and pdfMarking a New Era for Equality and Human Rights in BritainContributor(s): Baroness Jane Campbell DBE, Francesca Klug OBE, Trevor Phillips | The new Equality and Human Rights Commission has just started its work in Britain. Its goal is to be an 'independent influential champion whose purpose is to reduce inequality, eliminate discrimination, strengthen good relations between people and protect human rights.' Its remit reaches the whole community, seeking to secure equality of respect for all, and it also plans to take 'an active role in helping to achieve change to benefit some of the most vulnerable and least well represented people in our society.' How likely is it...2007-10-251h 37