Politics policy and research

Drawing on expert analysis and international context, this collection of essays explores the use of terrorism legislation, critiques the Prevent duty, and considers options for reform.

This report explores the growth of the gender critical movement in the UK, its influence on media narratives, and the impact on trans rights and public debate.

This guest article examines how Sections 12 and 13 of the Terrorism Act 2000 have been applied beyond their original purpose of preventing violence, focusing on their impact on protest movements and political expression.

This guest article examines the UK’s Prevent duty, focusing particularly on its impact in schools and its implications for human rights.

In this guest article, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin argues that post‑9/11 counter‑terrorism has fuelled authoritarianism and eroded human rights, calling for a new, dignity‑based approach.

This briefing explains how Amnesty International UK, alongside anti‑racist and women’s rights groups, challenges the far‑right instrumentalisation of violence against women and girls and provides guidance on countering these harmful narratives.

Emma Norton of the Centre for Military Justice writes: weakening the protections of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is bad for the armed forces, and bad for all of us.

Essays from leading experts, on how the UK government can develop a progressive, human rights-based foreign policy.

This analysis examines the parallels between the government’s next immigration bill and ‘small boats’, highlighting their predictable emergence, uncertain consequences, and the risks of increased exploitation by traffickers.

This analysis cuts through claims about so‑called safe and legal routes, examining the gap between government rhetoric and reality and setting out the key truths.

This analysis examines the real impact of government asylum policy and explains why understanding how asylum claims in the UK actually work is essential.

This Amnesty International briefing highlights cases where people have used the Human Rights Act to challenge injustice, protect individuals, and drive change.

This analysis explores the UK’s response to Ukrainian refugees, and how the asylum policy fails to meet asylum responsibilities and leaves people without safe routes to protection.