A reflection on the foundations of human rights on the sixteith anniversary of the UNDHR, Doctrine and Life, 2008.
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Category Archives: Selected Journalism
Detention Without Charge
I did this piece at the time that Parliament was being asked to push through legislation to extend detention without charge to 42 days. I think my anger at the proposal comes through very clearly. Camden New Journal, 2008.
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Gearty On Civil Liberties
Analysis of civil liberties in Britain, The Guardian, G2, 2007.
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The Blair Report
Assessment of Blair government’s record on free speech, Index on Censorship 02, 2007.
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11 September 2001, Counter-Terrorism And The Human Rights Act
The impact of terrorism law on human rights after 11 September 2001, Journal of Law and Society, 2005.
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