Human Rights – Protection from discrimination: the European dimension

The author considers the limited protection against discrimination in the European Human Rights Convention, reflecting on the situation in Europe during the era when the convention was first introduced, and goes on to look at the evolving culture of human rights, impact of EC law and Europe wide standards which inform the UK Human Rights Act 1998. Article by Geoffrey Bindman (Bindman & Partners) published in Amicus Curiae - Journal of the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and its Society for Advanced Legal Studies. The Journal is produced by the Society for Advanced Legal Studies at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.