Gender and Human Rights: The successes and challenges confronting the international legal framework

Session 4: Gender and Human Rights: The successes and challenges confronting the international legal framework

The Law Society, Middlesex University School of Law and Matrix Chambers are working together to produce a Human Rights Practice Short Course. This course will focus on the latest developments and emerging issues in European and international human rights practice: themes and systems, law and practice.

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Law Society written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the human rights implications of the EU Withdrawal Bill

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Rights contained in provisions of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights (the Charter), which have equivalent UN treaty rights, and which do not already form part of domestic UK law, should be brought into UK law, and be explicitly protected. Some Charter rights, for example relating to children and ...
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Law Society written evidence to the Joint Committee on Human Rights on the human rights implications of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill

2018-03-22T12:46:00Z

This evidence highlights some of the human rights deficiencies in the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill. As it currently stands, the Bill provides broad powers to ministers, and the ability to make substantial changes to the regulatory regime and scope of serious criminal offences through secondary legislation. This opens up ...

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Gender and Human Rights: The successes and challenges confronting the international legal framework

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