A recent study of international human rights law by the University of California Law School found that while there are well over one hundred uses of the term ‘violence against women’ (defined to include sexual violence), no human rights instruments explicitly address sexual violence against men. The use in some instruments of the term ‘gender-based violence, which should in theory focus attention on violence against both genders, is in practice used solely in relation to violence against women.
So human rights advocacy work for men must rely on gender-neutral instruments which …

This White Paper will look at what has happened in the UK so far in this area, as well as other jurisdictions; it will examine proposals to change UK law and advance some suitable conclusions for adoption to take us forwards.
In February 2010, Keir Starmer QC, the Director of Public Prosecutions, issued a policy for prosecutors that sets out the guidelines that must be followed for cases of assisting suicide. The publication of this policy arises from the decision of the Appellate …

Does media access to family courts herald a new era of openness in family proceedings?
The new Children, Schools and Families Act contains provisions that extend access to what goes on in family proceedings. The key question is whether details of children’s lives published in the press, in print and online will cause significant harm to the children the system is in place to protect.
This White Paper will examine the implications of such a change.
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The doctrine of sovereign immunity provides that the sovereign or state is in many respects immune from both a civil claim and criminal prosecution – yet is this appropriate today, at a time when confidence in Public Officials and States has, at best, been challenged and at worst eroded?
Should serving high-ranking public officials be immune from proceedings relating to serious international crimes? Should “vulture funds” be able to buy sovereign debt at a steep discount and then aggressively use the court process …