Written by Aykhan Allahveranov, final year LLB student at UCL. Expertise Bhatt Murphy has long been known for its dedication to human rights and civil liberties. Founded by a group of lawyers in 1998, the firm specialises in actions against the police and other public authorities, immigration detention cases, public inquiries, inquests, and holding…
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‘The Model Minority’: a Hinderance to the Pursuit of Justice
By Debadrita Chakraborty Indian immigrants fail to acknowledge their complicity in injustices both in India and America. Here’s why. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement is here to stay. Catalysed by one of the most heinous racial homicide of the 21st century, BLM protests have since snowballed into one of the greatest ‘domino’ resistance movement…
Report from “Fight NOT Flight”: SPBC inaugural panel event on the Hostile Environment
By Surabhi Vanalia The UCL Student Pro Bono Committee held its first termly panel event on 21st November 2019, with a focus on recent and previous immigration policies which make up the ‘Hostile Environment’. This refers to laws and policies which make it difficult for migrants without secure leave to remain to reside in the…
Legal Challenge Launched Against ‘Hostile Environment’s’ Impact on Maternal Health of Migrants
By Surabhi Vanalia The ‘Hostile Environment’ adopted by the Home Office has been embedded into the delivery of health services. Charging for healthcare in particular affects the most disenfranchised in our society, including: victims of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), victims of domestic violence, trafficked persons, and children.
The Impact of Brexit on Human Rights in the UK
By Ila Tyagi In her second blog post Ila Tyagi, an LLM student in International Commercial Law at UCL, writes about the human rights implications of Brexit. A hard Brexit would have a significant impact on the human rights framework in the UK. This is because UK derives a large portion of its human rights…