Labour calls for Kuwait to free unfairly-imprisoned Russian woman
Labour says EU should protect human rights all the time, not just in headline-grabbing cases
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Several reasons why women are right to fear Brexit
A new report by the human rights watchdog warned that Brexit would affect women’s rights. From work legislation to economic downturn, women stand the most to lose from the divorce.
Gig economy bosses may be about to take a mighty beating
The IWGB has been allowed to take forward its case that Deliveroo riders have the right to formal representation through their union.
The government just got savaged in the Lords over human rights
Lord Pannick led the charge against May’s Brexiteer Cabinet in a debate over keeping EU’s human rights charter in British law – and won.
Government must restore credibility of spy cops inquiry
We are three years into a public inquiry into undercover policing and arguments are still ongoing about which officers can remain anonymous.
Social rights are finally entering the political mainstream – but they’re also in jeopardy
Arguments for inalienable rights to healthcare, decent housing and education are in jeopardy from the Tories.
To be a truly progressive party Labour need a Manifesto for Social Rights
People have a inalienable right to a decent home, a good healthcare system, education, and social security. Labour need to start stating this.
Theresa May is an authoritarian. That’s why she wants to rip up human rights law.
May is using terrorist attacks to advance her long-running ideological crusade
The ‘rape clause’ is a veiled ban on tax credits for a third child
Victims won’t jump through hoops – and the government knows it
If Theresa May wants to tackle slavery, we must stay in the ECHR
Slavery is transnational – the fight against it must be too