Tara Casey wrote recently, ‘Poverty is not a crime and should never be treated as one’. Likewise, seeking asylum is not a crime, but is too often treated as one.
The American academic Professor Juliet Stumpf described the convergence of criminal and immigration law as ‘crimmigration’. Two recent cases illustrate how harshly asylum seekers may be treated under crimmigration law.
A new joint report by Amnesty International and Omega Research Foundation investigates the human rights impact of less lethal weapons and other...
In a previous comment piece, I wrote about what took place at the...
On 27 June the Centre held an event at HMP Grendon to discuss the conditions in prisons across the UK and Europe, and what can be done to improve them.
The event was organised by the...
The UN rapporteur on adequate housing, Raqel Rolnik has warned that the effects of the bedroom tax and benefit cuts are threatening the human rights of the poorest, reports The Guardian...
