Tag Archives: human rights
Presumed Guilty Before Being Proven Innocent (via Legal Focus)
By Pravin Jeyaraj The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) has begun fitness-to-practise proceedings against the nurse arrested this week in connection with three deaths from insulin-contaminated saline solution at Stepping Hill hospital in Stockport. However, the nurse, Rebecca Leighton, has … Continue reading
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Supreme Court Takes the “Radical” Stance That Prisoners Are Human Beings (via Solitary Watch)
Yes, this is the sort of wisdom that judges are paid for. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, in his dissenting opinion to last week's Brown v. Plata decision, called the ruling “perhaps the most radical injunction issued by a court in our … Continue reading
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Questioning contraception
In my final year of my degree, one of my assignments was a group project to develop a mathematical model to predict the spread of AIDS. As a result of the research we carried out, I was convinced of the … Continue reading
Are prisoners human?
So Parliament has voted overwhelmingly to deny prisoners the vote even though the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that a blanket ban is a human rights violation. But our politicians are on the side of wrong. First, they … Continue reading
Rememberance Day – the most ironic day of the year
So today is Remembrance Day. Before I say what I am about to say, I believe in the importance of Remembrance Day, I believe in the memory of all those who have fought and died for our country to protect … Continue reading
Human rights and the environment: the dilemma
I went to a debate last night to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Capacity Global, an organisation which works to ensure that everyone has access to environmental justice, self-defined as: “Living in a clean and healthy environment is everyone’s right”. … Continue reading
