CONCERNS OVER USA’S ENGAGEMENT WITH THE UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW Joint Statement of the UPR Project at BCU and UPR Academic Network regarding the United States of America’s Fourth Cycle Universal ...

This collection brings together academic analysis of leading contemporary accounts of the British Constitution with key constitutional documents and sources, while also offering analysis of the leadin...

Government had been due to give green light to deal handing sovereignty of islands to Mauritius A high court judge has blocked the UK government from concluding its deal to hand over the Chagos Islands with an injunction granted in the early hours of Thursday. The agreement to hand sovereignty over the Chagos islands to Mauritius was due to be given the green light by ministers on Thursday. Continue reading...

An Open Letter to Keir Starmer We, the undersigned, strongly advise against the proposed changes to the UK immigration system of May 12, 2025, and your associated rhetoric. We are UK-based academics.....

A coalition of legal academics have drafted a letter setting out our support for trans rights and our concerns about the FWS v Scottish Ministers UKSC ruling. We are opening it up for signature to ev...

The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is a human rights process in which every country has now had its human rights record reviewed three times since 2008. Discover how UPR was used in the Rwanda case a...

An expert panel explore how Parliament works, who works there, and how this institution keeps evolving.

Call for Papers: In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights The Centre for Public Law at the University of Cambridge and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid will co-host a workshop …

In an earlier blog post, I noted that we would be waiting with interest to see how the (then newly appointed) Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales (LCJ), Baroness Carr, would use her power, whet…

We are Amnesty International UK. We are ordinary people from across the world standing up for humanity and human rights.

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This paper provides an overview of the constitutional status and functions of the law officers of the United Kingdom. This includes the law officers of the UK Government and those that advise the thre...

Consideration of the United Kingdom.

Image: The Conference speakers. Back row, from left to right: Dr Lewis Graham, Dr Chris Monaghan, Prof. Roger Masterman, Dr Matthew Nicholson, Dr Stuart Wallace, Sara Moran, Gabriel Tan, Dr Frederi…

The Joint Committee on Human Rights is inviting written submissions to inform its legislative scrutiny of the Mental Health Bill. 

This volume considers the use of impeachment within a global context. The book brings together leading scholars and experts to give an insight into significant periods in the development of impeachmen...