The Anti-strike Bill: What is it and Why Should You be Worried?

Akkarasorn Opilan, Publications Executive of UCL JLAP In 2017, the United Nations stated that the “fundamental right to strike must be preserved”. Yet, we see this year that the United Kingdom’s parliament is pushing for an anti-strike bill at a time where living costs have soared, prompting key workers to strike. On 16th January of…

The Violation of Human Rights in Current Protests: Iran

Akkarasorn Opilan, Publications Executive of UCL JLAP  Despite the current “progressive” epoch that the international community seems to move towards, many violations of human rights law in current protesting countries are being downplayed by international countries, highlighting the weak rule of law being enforced both on a national and an international level when it comes…

Border Out of Control: The UK’s Politicization of the Immigration Crisis

Auhona Majumdar, Publications Executive of UCL JLAP From Parliament down to the people, the topic of immigration and the protection of borders has remained firmly as a zeitgeist of the past decade. The ramifications of global economic instability post-2008 and the Eurozone Crisis have become firm markers of the waves of intra-European immigration. Immigration is…