human rights Articles

Playfair Qatar is the British TUC's contribution to the global campaign seeking better lives and internationally recognized – properly enforced – workers' rights for Qatar's desperate migrant workforce. We are very proud of our role in the Playfair 2012 alliance which...

There are few documents which have had the impact of Magna Carta. For centuries it has formed the cornerstone of our constitution. And, while most of its clauses have been repealed – we are no longer required to remove fish weirs from the River Thames, for example –...

The Conservatives want to prevent suspected terrorists, criminals, and illegal immigrants from using human rights as a protection against deportation. In the time honoured Tory tradition of insisting that some people are more equal than others, in a stroke they have...

The 24 November deadline for reaching a comprehensive and unified deal that limits Iran’s nuclear programme is now less than a week away. Scepticism about Iran’s motives and intentions for these negotiations is hardly surprising given its links to terrorist...