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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