Human Rights: Informing the UK Debate
About the project
Human rights are frequently in the news, but the public debate usually suggests that they are in opposition to the things that people care about, like security, democracy and national sovereignty.
The project ‘Human Rights: Informing the UK Debate’ aims to improve the quality of public discourse on human rights by providing expert content grounded in robust evidence and rigorous analysis. It seeks to identify and respond to inaccurate or misleading reporting or commentary about human rights.
It also explores what human rights mean for ordinary people in their everyday lives, and for the values they care about such as security, dignity, accountability, democracy and national sovereignty.
The project is a collaboration between the Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy and Evidence Centre (University of Oxford), the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights (University of Oxford), and Middlesex University. The project is funded by a gift from the Sigrid Rausing Trust.
Read our Bonavero Reports
The project is a continuation of an earlier collaboration which produced two Bonavero Reports, one reviewing the media coverage on the European Convention on Human Rights and immigration control in the UK, and one examining 10 reasons to stay in the European Convention on Human Rights.