UCL SHRP Executive Office Elections call for applications
4th March.
Roll up Roll up! March will see the election of the UCL Student Human Rights Programme’s Executive - fancy getting involved and standing for election for one of the most vibrant and exciting student societies in UCL?
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Romanian Discrimination against Roma Population
15th February.
Amnesty International released a report this week highlighting the plight of Roma across Europe particularly in Romania. The report ‘Treated like waste: Roma homes destroyed, and health at risk, in Romania’ focuses on an incident in 2004 where Roma were evicted from their homes in central Miercurea Ciuc and forced by local authorities to live in settlements next to a sewage plant.
ZANU-PF land seizures
15th February.
One year into Zimbabwe’s unity government, President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party is continuing its policy of confiscating land owned by white farmers. One million farm workers have also now been made both landless and jobless; 100,000 of which have found employment in farms in South Africa.
Roni commented on Child Prisoners of Conscience at 3:49 pm on Monday 8th March:
Yes quite. That is not the only issue that seems to slip off the international radar so easily. Now Hillary Clinton appears to have promised Ankara
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President commented on Child Prisoners of Conscience at 6:32 pm on Tuesday 23rd February:
Does the EU ‘hope to welcome’ Turkey as a member? Really? Further to that, if Turkey were to join the Union some time soon, it is doubtful whether
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President commented on National Security: A Law Unto Itself at 6:17 pm on Tuesday 23rd February:
We’re glad you enjoyed it. The video will hopefully be uploaded soon; we are currently waiting to receive it from LGC with whom we hosted the ...
Stephan Schleim commented on Italian Court gives lighter sentence for murderer with ‘bad genes’ at 1:14 pm on Saturday 13th February:
Thank you very much for this clarification on the case that indeed has received a surprising amount of international attention; perhaps you might
... William Hudson commented on National Security: A Law Unto Itself at 4:04 pm on Thursday 11th February:
It was an excellent discussion - when will the Video be made available?
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Roni commented on The Human Rights Act 1998 - To be or not to be? at 2:03 pm on Friday 5th February:
I am of the view that for all its shortcomings the HRA 1998’s incorporation was commendable and no doubt one the best reforms implemented during the
... Andy Cooper commented on The Human Rights Act 1998 - To be or not to be? at 9:41 pm on Tuesday 2nd February:
It is right to say that incorporation of the ECHR into UK law through the HRA enables people in the UK to enforce their convention rights in UK
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