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Over the years, policing in the UK has invited much scrutiny from various minoritised groups, stemming from discrimination by the police based on race, sex, disability and other protected characteristics. For many communities in the UK, racism by the police has been a longstanding issue pointing to discriminatory cultures, systems, and norms that influence the way people are treated.

This month’s blog focuses on the move-on support provided to individuals with newly granted international protection status, which frequently leaves people who the Government has accepted require sanctuary, facing street homelessness and imminent destitution. What is Asylum Support? The Home Secretary has an obligation to...

In this month’s blog we reflect on the landmark Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice (“ICJ”) on states’ obligations regarding climate change, including the link between environmental protection and human rights, the importance of which is increasingly being recognised by both the international...

The right to protest is of fundamental importance to a thriving democracy. Protests have played a crucial role in some of history’s most important social movements. From the Stonewall Riots of 1969, to the global climate strikes and the Black Lives Matter protests following the...

Welcome to DPG’s third post in our legal blog series. This month’s blog focuses on the Government’s White Paper which outlines proposed changes to the UK immigration system. It critiques the dangerous use of demonising and divisive rhetoric surrounding migration, especially in the wake of...

Welcome to DPG’s second post in our new legal blog series. This month’s blog focuses on new police misconduct legislation and gives an insight into the police complaints system as a whole. Amendments to the police misconduct rules On 28 May 2025 amendments to the...

Welcome to the first post of DPG’s new legal blog series!  As the UK’s legal and political landscape continues to evolve, we will use this platform to unpick the implications of developments in legislation and public decision-making through the lens of civil and fundamental human...