Christina McKelvie MSP
DOMINIC RAAB’S shake-up of human rights laws is “harmful and unwelcome,” the Scottish government said at the weekend.
In a searing attack on the Justice Secretary’s plans to scrap the Human Rights Act and replace it with a new Bill of rights, Holyrood warned that the proposals would also interfere with Scotland’s constitution.
The new legislation, which is due to receive its first reading in Parliament on September 12, seeks to reduce the influence of the European Courts of Human Rights in domestic courts.
The International Court of Justice has delivered its clearest ruling yet that the right to strike is protected under international law, write Professor TONIA NOVITZ, Professor KEITH EWING and Lord JOHN HENDY KC
The government’s latest asylum proposals abandon labour movement values and fuel division by aping Reform UK, writes DIANE ABBOTT MP
ANSELM ELDERGILL explains why the rule of law is fundamental to our liberty and welfare
