MoD overruled in landmark ruling triggered by inquest into death of Private Jason Smith British soldiers must be protected by European human rights laws wherever they are deployed, even in battle, the appeal court ruled yesterday in a judgment described by the government as having "very serious implications" for military operations. Three senior judges unanimously rejected claims by the Ministry o...

THE death of a Scottish soldier in Iraq is set to become a test case to extend human rights laws to soldiers on the battlefield as the government's human rights watchdog v

The court of appeal has thrown out a government appeal against a ruling that the Human Rights Act can apply to British troops, even when they are in combat.

The ruling by three Court of Appeal judges that British soldiers fighting abroad are protected by Article 2 of the Human Rights Act is being treated by a number of commentators as though it were transparently unproblematic. Article 2 concerns...

One of the things that is most execrable about Canada's so-called human rights commissions is that they trade on the words "human rights". And, like counterfeit money devaluing real money, their counterfeit human rights, like the "human right" not to be offended, devalue the term that once was reserved for real rights like freedom of religion, the equality of men and women before the law...

I feel that many will not agree that an international agreement written with the express purpose of protecting human rights could possible be responsible for the removal of rights, how could it be that this is possible. Well what exactly are basic human rights; traditionally they are controls on those who ...

SCOTLAND has an excellent human rights culture - except where it matters. It can boast the Scottish Human Rights Commission, the Human Rights Consortium Scotland (HRCS)

MPs are calling for a British Bill of Rights, which would go further than existing human rights law. The cross-party Joint Committee on Human Rights wants to include greater protections for vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly. Currently, our main protection in law comes from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) - an international treaty - and the UK's own Human Rights...

  On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights on 10th December 2008, Human Rights Day, the Spokespersons of the European Green Party have said that there is no cause for complacency regarding the human rights situation within the EU itself and that EU Member States and institutions must also do much more to defend human rights in their dealings with countries ou...

  10th December 2008 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, and is known internationally as Human Rights Day. European Green Party spokespeople say that there is no cause for complacency regarding the human rights situation within the EU itself and that EU Member States and institutions must also do much more to defend human rights in their dealings with countries outs...