Today’s news agenda is often dominated by the actions of authoritarian leaders who flout international law and seek to exercise arbitrary powers to control migration, curtail other rights, or gain political advantage.
Could genocide become normalised? What would it mean for citizens and the vulnerable if the UK or others were to reject the fundamental rights protections enshrined in the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
The AEJ UK will host a meeting on July 9 with leading jurist Veronika Fikfak, professor of human rights and international law at University College London (UCL), who will assess what’s at stake for humanity when states openly challenge institutions like the ECHR and the International Criminal Court.
