As Trump swears to bring back torture, the UK Supreme Court has held that the UK government will be held accountable for its complicity in torture and rendition committed by foreign states.
What to make of a government that increasingly excuses its actions from legal accountability while demanding more and more accountability from citizens?
A new law being rushed through Westminster with little scrutiny is a direct attack on our freedom.
Following the acquittal on 16 December of the G4S guards charged with the manslaughter of Jimmy Mubenga, barrister Frances Webber, chair of the Institute of Race Relations, focuses on the judge’s decision to rule inadmissible evidence pointing to endemic racism within G4S.
There is more to the Tories’ proposals on human rights and free movement than mere electioneering, argues Frances Webber of the Institute of Race Relations.
Four years ago the coalition government promised to end child detention for immigration purposes. But they didn't. Instead, the UK's biggest children's charity and security giant G4S created a prettier prison.
Cameron threatens to 'temporarily withdraw' from the European Convention on Human Rights in order to expedite a radical cleric's deportation. The worst kind of populist politics drives Britain towards international outlawry.
Children's charity Barnardo's has agreed to work with the UK Border Agency in a planned immigration detention centre. While they promise to "speak out" on injustice and abuse, they will have little real power, and are in danger of legitimising the continued detention of children in the UK.
