‘Unprecedented levels of self-harm and suicidal thoughts’ were recorded at the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre in late 2020

Former Brexit secretary David Davis says Priti Patel’s plans could foster a situation similar to notorious US detention camp.

Human rights to be kept ‘separate’ from trade talks despite earlier promises.

Brussels wants UK to commit to human rights in writing as condition of trade deal.

Stephen Delahunty reports on a lawsuit being brought before for the courts to consider the legality of the UK-Morocco Association Agreement

The former UKIPer said Brexit 2.0 would be getting Britain out of the European Court of Human Rights... like Russia.

The prime minister is considering tearing up the Human Rights Act and suspending the European Convention on Human Rights.

Brussels commissioner says bill breaches convention, as legal experts warn of risk to Brexit trade deal.

The European Commission has taken Hungary to court over a controversial new law that makes it illegal to give assistance to asylum seekers.

Tit-for-tat sanctions over Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs puts halt on investment agreement.

Foreign ministers agree individuals responsible for vote-rigging and violence should face asset freezes and travel bans.

The peoples of Europe, in creating an ever closer union among them, are resolved to share a peaceful future based on common values. Conscious of its spiritual and moral heritage, the Union is founded on the indivisible, universal values ... It places the individual at the heart of its activities, by establishing the citizenship of the Union and by creating an area of freedom, security and justice.

The home secretary is wrong, the decision not to deport an illegal immigrant had nothing to do with the pet cat.

We have been here before. Several times. Five consecutive Tory PMs up to Rishi Sunak speculated about, or advocated, repudiating the European Convention (and Court) of Human Rights, which Britain helped draft in 1951, and of which Boris Johnson had previously spoken warmly as “one of the great things we gave to Europe”.

Britain has dramatically increased the value of weaponry and defence equipment it sells to the world’s most repressive regimes since vows by senior ministers to expand arms exports after the Brexit vote.

Iain Overton reflects on the Government’s policy of Free Trade Deals with countries regardless of their human rights record.

Brexiters are often accused of living in the past. That is manifest in the now recurring Brexiter response to concerns about Brexit: ‘but we did perfectly well before’.

Our fundamental values of democracy, human rights and the rule of law are under direct threat. The next election has to produce a different outcome, and we'll get it by holding the prime minister accountable

Legal experts say Brussels has right to take retaliatory action, making cross-border law enforcement harder. / We have noted the reaction of the United Nations, and they are really concerned about what’s going on,” Anton Hofreiter, the chair of the committee, told reporters in London.

This project seeks to identify the constitutional, legal, human rights and equality aspects of Brexit for Northern Ireland, the relevant obligations and the options for going forward.

With Brexit, Britain returned from a codified and protected constitutional system, to an uncodified and unprotected one based on the sovereignty of Parliament.

Rumblings from No 10 and the cabinet want you to believe that the ECHR is being ‘abused’ by European judges. The reality couldn’t be more different.

British negotiators in Brexit trade talks have rejected EU demands.

More Tory MPs have come out to support an amendment to a trade bill that would make it harder for the government to sign trade deals with countries that have committed genocide.