Posts in "Human Rights"

The seminar was held on the 13^th June 2023 with the two speakers leading the two sessions and eight panels - Magdalena Zabrocka and Shahab Saqib. The event focused on the concept of citizenship, its different faces, meaning and places within various areas of law, as well as relevance to…

On 20 March 2019, in an almost unanimous vote, the European People's Party (EPP) suspended Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, the ruling party of Hungary, for violating the EPP’s rules and values, including democracy and the rule of law. According to the Economist Intelligence Unit that compiles a democracy index every year…

In January, I was invited to the Court of Session by solicitors from the NHS Central Legal Office to watch three different legal cases. One of these cases involved two patients in psychiatric hospitals challenging smoking bans as breaches of their human rights. Afterwards, I wrote an article on this…

This blog post is written by representatives of the Aberdeen branch of the European Law Students' Association (ELSA)

As we reflected on our time at the University of Aberdeen, we came to a conclusion that participation in an international moot court competition would be one of the most memorable experiences…

Albert Einstein once stated that 'imagination is more important than knowledge'. I would agree with this, but with the addendum that structured imagination is more relevant than an 'abandoned display' of imagination. Studies which are arranged in a definite pattern might contain the premise(s) from which a conclusion may logically…

I have just had the pleasure of having an article published in in Issue 4 of the 2017 Juridical Review, the law journal of the Scottish Universities.

The article focuses on recent controversy surrounding some Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) decisions not to proceed to prosecution in cases of…

My earlier comment on the Maltese Marriage Equality Bill has prompted some discussion, including in an article in Sunday’s Times of Malta. In that article, Silvan Agius – a Maltese champion of LGBTIQ rights – responded on behalf of the Government of Malta.

Let me begin by identifying the common…

This blog post was originally posted on ‘Manuel Delia’s notes’, a Maltese political blog. It is re-posted here (with minor amendments) with kind permission.

Through the Marriage Equality Bill, Malta joins a small group of European nations which have both met and exceeded the requirements of the European Convention on…

As an academic opposed to wildlife crime and with no ‘huntin/shootin/fishin’ interests (or indeed abilities) to declare, I have penned this article as a follow up response to my colleague Professor Peter Duff’s recent contribution to this blog relating to the correctness of recent Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service…

The recent tragic upsurge in terrorist activity in England has been accompanied by significant media and social media hyperbole. Stripping away the regrettable politicking and naked electioneering underpinning this is part of the exasperated academic lawyer’s job.

This short piece outlines and comments on current UK law as it stands…