1: Introduction
2: The Framework of the European Convention on Human Rights
3: The Framework of the Human Rights Act
4: Enforcing the Human Rights Act
5: The Interaction between Convention Principles and European
Law
6: The Convention Rights: Absolute Rights
7: The Convention Rights: Limited and Qualified Rights
8: The Convention Protocols
9: Beyond the Domestic Courts: Taking a Case to Strasbourg
10: Researching Human Rights Jurisprudence
Appendix 1: Human Rights Act 1998 (as amended)
Appendix 2: European Convention for the Protection of Fundamental
Rights and Freedoms
John Wadham was, until recently, the Executive Director of
INTERIGHTS (the Centre for the Legal Protection of Human Rights.
Previously he has been the General Counsel of the Equality and
Human Rights Commission (EHRC) and the Director of Liberty. He is a
recognized expert on human rights and equality and is currently a
consultant for the Council of Europe and an Associate of Doughty
Street Chambers. He has acted for clients in most of the courts and
tribunals
in this country, including the Court of Appeal and House of Lords,
and has also specialized in cases before the European Court of
Human Rights in Strasbourg. He is the co-author of Blackstone's
Guide
to the Equality Act and Blackstone's Guide to the Freedom of
Information Act. John was also a member of the Government's Human
Rights Act Task Force. Helen Mountfield QC was a founder member of
Matrix Chambers. She is a bencher of Gray's Inn and sits as a
deputy High Court judge and as a civil and criminal recorder. Helen
focuses primarily on public law, but also has a substantial
practice in employment law, election law, and information law.
Issues of human rights,
discrimination, and EU law intersect across her whole practice.
Elizabeth Prochaska is a barrister at Matrix Chambers, where she
focuses on human rights, public, and equality law.
Raj Desai is a barrister at Matrix Chambers, practising in public
law and human rights. He is also a senior retained lecturer in
public law at Pembroke College, Oxford.
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