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ECHR at 75...how far have we really come?
Lynda Towers, Convener of our Constitutional Law and Human Rights Sub-Committee, reflects on the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights and on what AWI law can tell us about how effective our human rights protections really are.
Journal editorial November 2023
I support those including the International Bar Association and Barack Obama who call for Israel's response to the Hamas atrocities to align with humanitarian values
Journal editorial August 2023
We should be alive to the danger of letting dubious arguments for freedom prevent necessary measures against climate change
"All Human, All Equal" - International Human Rights Day 2021
Fiona Killen, solicitor, member of the Law Society of Scotland’s Constitutional Law Sub-Committee and formerly the Law Society’s representative on the Scottish Government’s Human Rights Leadership Taskforce, shares her thoughts to mark International Human Rights Day 2021