This month’s Research Spotlight is on Silvana Tapia Tapia and her work on the paradoxes, contradictions, and limitations of centring criminal justice to address violence against women (VAW). Silvana uses an anti-carceral and decolonial lens to interrogate hegemonic legalities and punitive models of justice.
Category: Human Rights Law and Theory
Withdrawal in all but name: Government’s response to Parliamentary Committee’s comments on the Bill of Rights Bill
In this post, Dr Alexander Orakhelashvili discusses the Government’s response to the Parliamentary Committee’s critique of the Bill of Rights Bill
Coppin v. Ireland: Depressing Conservatism from the UN Committee Against Torture
Professor Mairead Enright discusses the decision of the UN Torture Convention Committee in Coppin v Ireland
Cruel legacies: the CAT’s decision in Coppin v Ireland
Professor Natasa Mavronicola discusses the decision by UN Torture Committee in Coppin v Ireland
Hate Speech, free Speech and Draft Online Safety Bill
In this post, Dr Peter Coe discusses human rights implications of the draft Online Safety Bill
Extreme violence, prisons, and the prospects of anti-carceral human rights – Part 2
In this post Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia discusses human rights issues arising in the context of extreme violence and prisons
Extreme violence, prisons, and the prospects of anti-carceral human rights – Part 1
In this post Dr Silvana Tapia Tapia discusses human rights issues arising in the context of extreme violence and prisons
Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism
In this post, Dr Peter Coe discusses Media Freedom in the Age of Citizen Journalism
The Carceral State vs Indigenous Women’s Lives: Battling Contexts in the Latest Supreme Court of Canada Decision
In this post, Dr Meghan Campbell discusses the Canadian Supreme Court’s decision in R v Sharma and its potential impact on Canadian equality laws
The Principle of Effectiveness and its Overarching Role in the Interpretation and Application of the ECHR – Part III
The Birmingham Law School Blog is delighted to host a three-part interview with Georgios A. Serghides, a judge of the European Court of Human Rights, discussing his new book The Principle of Effectiveness and its Overarching Role in the Interpretation and Application of the ECHR: The Norm of All Norms and the Method of All Methods (Strasbourg 2022). In this third and final part, Professor Natasa Mavronicola asks about his views on the principle of effectiveness in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights