Legal Practice Areas
Human Rights Law
Last updated 3rd June 2019
Are you the type of person who is passionate about public justice on a global scale? You may want to consider human rights law. Human rights lawyers in the UK work within the context of the Human Rights Act 1998, and they have a broad range of clients from individuals to groups. Below, we look into what this important area of law entails.
Put simply…
Human rights law covers many aspects of public justice, equality before law, laws against discrimination, freedom of speech and prisoners’ rights.
It also covers sanctions against governments and regimes with gross human rights violations, persecution against minorities and downtrodden societies, and all areas where there is a conflict between the “public and individual good.”
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