The Human Rights Futures Project at LSE has now ended.
The Project
The Human Rights Futures Project explored and analysed the future direction of human rights discourse in the UK and elsewhere. The project particularly focused 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.
The Project engaged in the political debates on the future of the HRA and proposals for a British Bill of Rights. Human Rights Futures provided 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 was also involved in analysing political and philosophical debates about the nature of the state and human rights.
Selected publications
Human Rights Act impact on everyday life, (briefing) updated July 2013 PDF I Word
Prisoners Voting Rights in the UK (briefing), updated June 2013 PDF I Word
There can be no “forced” law change under the Human Rights Act, Letter to the Daily Mail, 7 May 2013 PDF I Word
The government is free to ignore a declaration of incompatibility, Letter to the Daily Telegraph, 7 May 2013 PDF I Word
Declarations of Incompatibility under the HRA (table) April 2013 PDF I Word
European Court of Human Rights cases, March 2013
Deportation and the right to respect for private and family life under Article 8 HRA, updated February 2013
The two Coalition parties are sorely at odds over human rights, LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, 27 February 2013
Response to the Commission on a Bill of Rights second consultation, September 2012
Response to the Commission on a Bill of Rights discussion paper 'Do we need a UK Bill of Rights?' and 7 appendices, November 2011. For appendix 2, see below
Appendix 2 to our response to the Commission on a Bill of Rights discussion paper. Francesca Klug and Rabinder Singh's proposals for the 'British model' of ECHR incorporation, 1997.
Response to Home Office Consultation on Family Migration, October 2011
The Human Rights Act, European Convention on Human Rights and phone hacking convictions, July 2011
'Human Rights Act Reporting in the Media: corrections and clarifications'. Subsequently published on the Political and Constitutional Reform Committee website as written evidence for their Bill of Rights Inquiry, June 2011
Landmark developments under the Human Rights Act, May 2011
Protection of children's rights under the Human Rights Act, May 2011
Human Rights Act impact outside courts, June 2010
A Bill of Rights that is Human Rights Act plus: What are the minimal indicators?, January 2010