Politics policy and research

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.

Our analysis of the Government's child poverty strategy

A three part briefing pack that explores how UK public budgets impact economic, social and cultural rights. It guides government, parliament and civil society on aligning fiscal policy with human rights obligations and conducting rights-based budget design and analysis.

Learn how government budgets link to human rights and what legal principles shape fiscal decision-making.

Learn how government budgets link to human rights and what legal principles shape fiscal decision-making.

Learn how to assess public budgets using human rights frameworks and promote accountability in fiscal policy.

Ever wondered what a government budget really says about its priorities? Find out more here.

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.

This analysis explains how the Safety of Rwanda Bill, introduced in December 2023, seeks to override Supreme Court rulings that the Rwanda plan is unlawful, limit future judicial scrutiny, and raises serious principled and legal concerns.

Blog on how Suella Braverman's toxic language masks the disaster of her cruel and incompetent asylum policy

New report on the alarming increase and unlawful use of the death penalty for drug-related crimes.

Illegal Migration Act 2023 - analysis of the Act's structure, purpose and key working parts

This resource contains various thought pieces on a variety of matters from British people's rights to citizenship, to the rights of refugees and migrants in the UK or internationally.

Blog on the Government's Illegal Migration Bill as it completes its passage through the House of Lords and returns to the House of Commons ahead of Ping Pong

Blog on Windrush generation, debate in Lords on the arrival of Windrush generation and abuse of British nationality rights in the Illegal Migration Bill

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.

Article on commencement of provisions of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022 that break with the Refugee Convention.

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.