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 anniversary is widely celebrated, the future of the UK’s commitment to international human rights standards is in doubt. Are ‘universal values’ commendable as a benchmark by which to judge the rest of the world, but unacceptable when applied ‘at home’? Francesca Klug takes us on a journey through time, exploring such topics as ‘British values,’ ‘natural rights,’ ‘enlightenment values’ and ‘legal rights,’ to ...
Human rights reflect a determined effort to protect the dignity of each and every human being agains...
It seems at times as though the entire world has become ad- dicted to human rights. The United State...
There are two myths about the United Kingdom. The first is that we do not have a constitution and di...
A review of how some of the fundamental principles of due process established in the Magna Carta of ...
In this chapter we argue that the antipathy towards human rights, and the Human Rights Act in partic...
In the context of post-war debates over human rights and the introduction of a set of positive, writ...
There is a great social importance of international, regional, state and practically individual char...
Last month marked the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, an agreement between King Joh...
Over sixty-eight years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the UN, the de...
The United Kingdom has come into the new millennium with an unprecedented written set o...
The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Ministe...
The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Ministe...
Human rights were introduced into the United Kingdom law over two decades ago. They were, it was sai...
XIX Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2014)Th...
This text will analyze the commonly accepted philosophical foundation of human rights, the internati...
Human rights reflect a determined effort to protect the dignity of each and every human being agains...
It seems at times as though the entire world has become ad- dicted to human rights. The United State...
There are two myths about the United Kingdom. The first is that we do not have a constitution and di...
A review of how some of the fundamental principles of due process established in the Magna Carta of ...
In this chapter we argue that the antipathy towards human rights, and the Human Rights Act in partic...
In the context of post-war debates over human rights and the introduction of a set of positive, writ...
There is a great social importance of international, regional, state and practically individual char...
Last month marked the 800th anniversary of the signing of Magna Carta, an agreement between King Joh...
Over sixty-eight years after the universal declaration of human rights was adopted by the UN, the de...
The United Kingdom has come into the new millennium with an unprecedented written set o...
The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Ministe...
The Global Citizenship Commission was convened, under the leadership of former British Prime Ministe...
Human rights were introduced into the United Kingdom law over two decades ago. They were, it was sai...
XIX Jornades de Foment de la Investigació de la Facultat de Ciències Humanes i Socials (Any 2014)Th...
This text will analyze the commonly accepted philosophical foundation of human rights, the internati...
Human rights reflect a determined effort to protect the dignity of each and every human being agains...
It seems at times as though the entire world has become ad- dicted to human rights. The United State...
There are two myths about the United Kingdom. The first is that we do not have a constitution and di...