10/20/2025 10:25:13 AM Pinochet, Bashir, Putin, Netanyahu, Gallant, Herzog: Immunities for High Officials – the Importance of Getting State Practice Right By Max Du Plessis SC Immunities are back in vogue. And the debate about them – their relevance, and whether they can shield wanted war criminals from...
9/5/2025 11:36:18 AM Four Landmark Cases on AI Chatbot Harm to Children and the Vulnerable: Updates on Garcia v Character AI and Who Is Responsible? By Matthew Lee Content Warning: This article discusses cases involving suicide, self-harm, sexual exploitation, and harm to minors/vulnerable...
3/13/2025 10:04:45 PM The Genocide Convention Before the World Court, Again By Cian Murphy On 6 March 2025, Sudan brought proceedings against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) before the International Court of Justice (ICJ),...
10/23/2024 1:58:49 PM Draft New IMO Guidelines on the Fair Treatment of Seafarers – an international human rights law perspective By Alex Tinsley The Legal Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has recently produced a draft version of proposed new Guidelines for...
9/12/2024 2:14:39 PM The Artificial Intelligence Framework Convention: What Impact on Human Rights? By Cian Murphy The Council of Europe has achieved a world first with the opening for signatures of the Framework Convention on Artificial Intelligence...
4/2/2024 9:57:09 AM Interim Measures at the European Court of Human Rights - Form, Substance, Future By Cian Murphy Interim measures – steps that a court indicates to maintain the status quo until it decides the dispute – can be a key feature of...
9/13/2023 2:36:58 PM DSC CRIMINAL APPEALS BULLETIN By Paul Taylor KC The September issue of the Doughty Street Chambers Criminal Appeals Bulletin is now live. In this edition we analyse a selection of the...
2/6/2023 3:37:43 PM Climate, Whistleblowing and Work event on 8 February 2023 By Finnian Clarke Margherita Cornaglia On 8 February 2023, Doughty Street Chambers will be hosting an event entitled “Climate, Whistleblowing and Work”. The event will be of...
7/25/2022 3:33:38 PM The Supreme Court explores the limits of diplomatic immunity in Basfar v Wong By Shanthi Sivakumaran The principle of legal immunity from civil and criminal suits for diplomatic agents is a long recognised and protected principle in...
5/29/2020 12:00:00 AM Open justice in Australia: a silver lining to the COVID-19 cloud? By Doughty Street Chambers Jennifer Robinson Matthew Lewis When the new legal term started in Australia in February, no one could have foreseen the impact of COVID-19 on our courts. Judges and...
3/21/2020 12:00:00 AM Disability, coronavirus and international human rights By Oliver Lewis This is a summary of guidance from international human rights bodies in relation to the protection of the rights of people with...
11/21/2019 12:00:00 AM Doughty Street hosts inaugural Children's Rights Lecture By Mary-Rachel McCabe 20th November is the United Nations’ Universal Children’s Day. It is celebrated each year to promote awareness of children’s rights and...