The Human Rights Futures Project explores and analyses the future direction of human rights discourse in the UK and elsewhere. The project particularly focuses on monitoring and evaluating the impact of the UK's Human Rights Act (HRA) inside and outside the courts to chart the evolving nature of human rights and challenge its characterisation as a technical, legalised discourse, focused solely on the relationship between the individual and the state.
Recently the Project has been engaging in the current political debates on the future of the HRA and proposals for a British Bill of Rights. Human Rights Futures provides ongoing academic research and analysis on the background and context to the debate and draws on comparative material to signal the global implications of moving away from international human rights norms to a more national focus. The Project is also involved in analysing political and philosophical debates about the nature of the state and human rights.
The Project is directed by Professor Francesca Klug OBE|