From big business like BHS to counter-extremism in the UK, human rights are increasingly at the forefront of public debate. The headlines this week highlight the importance of striking the right balance to protect human rights.
Human rights in the news this week
- Supreme Court says Scottish ‘Named Persons’ scheme could breach privacy and family life [BBC] [RightsInfo]
- John Catt, a 91-year-old war veteran, has won the right to have his case heard in the European Court of Human Rights: he has been in a six-year legal battle to challenge police surveillance of his activities at peace protests [Guardian]
- The Government’s planned law for countering extremism and terrorism has been branded confusing in a report by a cross-party group of MPs and members of the House of Lords [Guardian]
- Same-sex marriage is set to become legal in the Isle of Man [Guardian]
- A group of Scottish independence campaigners have lost their legal fight against eviction from their camp outside the Scottish Parliament [BBC]
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- How To Fight Human Trafficking: Start By Protecting Labour Standards [RightsInfo]
This week in the Twitter-verse
Different groups of #humanrights explained by @rights_info https://t.co/3WguCcUDGK #ECHR pic.twitter.com/9fI3JKzBhx
— Aline Cole-Albäck (@AColeAlbaeck) July 29, 2016
Lady Hale nails it. Via @rights_info: pic.twitter.com/YunsbBJnA8
— Celtic Knot (@CelticKnotTweet) June 9, 2016
Do you know your human rights? e.g disability and transport? Read @rights_info https://t.co/xBUn1xr1Rf #FLACymru pic.twitter.com/H4a1wDsPYi
— NewportCABDiscrimin (@DiscriminAdvice) July 28, 2016
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