Rights watchdog ‘should lose status’ over trans row

Feb 11, 2022 by

by Josh Parry, BBC News: Britain’s human rights watchdog faces a legal challenge to its status over a row about transgender rights. In a legal letter shared exclusively with the BBC, LGBT charities have said they want the UN to...

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For decency’s sake, let’s quit Strasbourg

Feb 2, 2022 by

by Andrew Tettenborn, The Critic: The European Convention of Human Rights is now misinterpreted, misapplied and debases the currency of humanism. Shibboleths these days come in all shapes and sizes. Since the UK signed the European...

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The icing on the Ashers bakery cake case

Jan 14, 2022 by

by Peter Lynas, The Tablet: After almost eight years, the saga of the Ashers Bakery case is hopefully now over. LGBTQ rights activist Gareth Lee had taken his case to the European Court of Human Rights in a last roll of the dice. The...

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N Human Rights Office to Litigate LGBT and Abortion in Latin America

Dec 18, 2021 by

by Stefano Gennarini JD, C-Fam: The UN human rights office has launched a new initiative to promote judicial activism on gender issues in Central and South America, including abortion and the LGBT agenda. The UN human rights office...

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Human Rights Act: UK government unveils reform proposals

Dec 16, 2021 by

from BBC News: The government has launched what it says will be “common sense” reforms to the Human Rights Act that will “restore confidence” in the legal system. The proposals commit to staying within the European...

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New bill of rights will deliver a healthy dose of common sense

Dec 14, 2021 by

by Dominic Raab, The Times: It’s a story we’re all tired of hearing: a dangerous criminal frustrates deportation on human rights grounds. In one case, the criminal in question — a convicted drug dealer — claimed that his right to family...

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