Vulnerable individuals and the Human Rights Act

Religious circumcision and the Human Rights Act.

The Hidden Epidemic: AIDS, Human Rights, and Vulnerable Populations

The Human Rights Act and the Doctrine of Precedent

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The Presumption of Innocence and the Human Rights Act

There has recently been a proliferation of case law dealing with potential inroads into the presumption of innocence in the criminal lawof England andWales, in the light of article 6(2) of the European Convention on Human Rights. This article is concerned with the nature of the presumption of innocence. It considers two central issues.The ¢rst is how the courts should address the question of wh...

Health impact of human rights testimony: harming the most vulnerable?

BACKGROUND Current legal efforts to document human rights violations typically include interviews in which survivors are asked to provide detailed descriptions of their traumatic experiences during a single meeting. Research on similar interview techniques used as part of a mental health treatment (eg, debriefing) has raised concerns that they might worsen mental health-more than doubling the r...