This issue examines the right to be protected from torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment following a recent decision by the High Court which found the government’s ‘no recourse to public funds’ policy to be unlawful. We also look at the importance of intermediaries in supporting young people during criminal proceedings and ensuring … Read more
Article 39’s Director has written about the general election and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Two of the three main political parties have pledged to make the UN children’s rights treaty part of our domestic law; and the third has declared an open mind. The Convention grants rights to all children and … Read more
Ten years ago, the Council of Europe launched Compasito, the manual on human rights education for children. Now it is being updated and an online survey gives everyone the chance to propose changes and improvements. The survey is flexible – you can share a few minutes’ feedback or offer detailed advice. The deadline is 30 … Read more
Mr Justice Peter Jackson has determined that letters from a birth mother to her child who was adopted as a toddler are a form of correspondence only, and not a manifestation of family connection or relationship. The case, decided in the High Court last month, concerns a child who was born in 2008, to a … Read more