23 Oct, 2024 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 new version of its Guidelines for the...
12 Sep, 2024 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...
02 Apr, 2024 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...
13 Sep, 2023 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...
06 Feb, 2023 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...
25 Jul, 2022 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...
11 Mar, 2022 We need to respect international law every day to be sure it is there when we need it.... By Susie Alegre My piece in City AM 8th March on the relevance of international law to address the conflict in Ukraine, and the risks we take when we...
29 May, 2020 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...
21 Mar, 2020 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...
21 Nov, 2019 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...
08 Nov, 2018 The Asia Bibi case reflects Pakistan's ugliest face By Doughty Street Chambers Colleague Zimran Samuel writes for The Times newspaper today on the case of Asia Bibi, and whether it represents any true progress for...
18 Sep, 2017 Crime and Security- a Brexit afterthought? By Susie Alegre As London was responding to it's fourth terrorist attack this year, David Davis announced that DexEU was drawing up proposals for a new...