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On 19-20 September, Centre research fellow Dr Alice Panepinto attended a multidisciplinary workshop on "The European Court of Human Rights: Promoter or Predator of Democratic Transitions?" co-hosted in Istanbul by the Center for Global Public Law at Koç University and MultiRights/PluriCourts, University of Oslo. The workshop explored the varieties of "democratic models" and "democratic transitions" on the basis of the jurisprudence of the Strasbourg Court. Participants included colleagues from Utrecht University, European University Institute, Poznań Human Rights Centre and the Hertie School of Governance. Alice's paper critically discussed the emerging right to the truth under PIL in relation to the ECtHR's recent jurisprudence. Read more in this blog post.

Centre co-director James Harrison appeared on BBC Coventry and Warwickshire on Tuesday 15 September to discuss a Daily Mail story about people obtaining food at a foodbank in Nuneaton and then selling it to obtain money for drugs.

James argues that the Daily Mail tales of 'fraud' are focusing attention away from the more important issues of why so many people who are genuinely in need of food are using foodbanks. You can hear him being interviewed at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p031byp1#play (minute 20.25 onwards)

You can read his investigations into the foodbank phenomenon in Lacuna Magazine in 'The Foodbank Dilemma' and 'Foodbank Fallacies'  

In a recent article for Criminal Law & Justice Weekly, Paige Campbell, student project leader for the 2015/16 death penalty project and a summer 2014 death penalty intern in the US, reflects on her experience as a former capital defence intern in Texas.

The Centre for Human Rights in Practice is delighted to share the opening paragraphs of Paige’s inspirational article, and invites you read the full story available at www.criminallawandjustice.co.uk/features/Reflections-Deep-rooted-Flaws-Capital-Defence-System (via free login).