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Assisting assisted suicide
The Purdy appeal decision may help bring reform, but does not require legal change
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Rights across the board
The contrasting human rights issues in the news this week should make us reflect
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Free speech needs consistency
Why ban Geert Wilders when his film is still being screened?
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Quiet life at 60
UN Declaration anniversary has been surprisingly low key
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Obama and the rule of law
Will the new President prove more sensitive to human rights and international obligations?
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Surveillance without frontiers?
Phone and email database proposals surely go too far