Kate Allen

Iran's defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders is a growing concern and calls into question its willingness read more

Iran's defiance of the international ban on executing child offenders is a growing concern and calls into question its willingness to abide by international human rights standards,

What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others read more

What's particularly interesting is that, while some of the new human rights courses focus narrowly on human rights law, others concentrate on practical skills such as campaigning and lobbying. That's very valuable.

This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which read more

This is a momentous case. The UK is at an important crossroads. It can reaffirm its stand against torture, which is absolutely banned, or slide towards illegality by its tacit acceptance that torture is sometimes OK.

We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We read more

We don't want to judge mothers and we don't want to know the reasons for them abandoning the babies. We would rather have this than have a baby being abandoned in a rubbish dump.

As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, read more

As long as U.S. and UK forces hold prisoners in secret detention conditions, torture is much more likely to occur, to go undetected and to go unpunished.