Human Rights Law in the UK Themes and Principles

Authors

• Kirsty Hughes, University of Cambridge

  Kirsty Hughes is an Associate Professor at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, Director of the Centre for Public Law, and a member of Blackstone Chambers Academic Panel. She is joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review and Deputy Editor of Public Law. Her research has been awarded the Wedderburn Prize and has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Court of Appeal in England and Wales, and by parliamentary committees. She has also given oral evidence in the House of Lords. She has been the recipient of numerous research fellowships including at UNSW, EUI, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Harvard Law School. She has also lectured at universities in Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2023 she was shortlisted for the Postgraduate Research Supervisor of the year award.

• Stevie Martin, University of Cambridge

  Stevie Martin is a College Assistant Professor at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge though aspects of the book were written while she was a Senior Lecturer at the T.C Beirne School of Law (University of Queensland). Stevie is also joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review. Her research into human rights and medical law has been relied upon in courts nationally and internationally and she has given evidence to Parliament, including the Joint Human Rights Committee. Stevie's research has been awarded the Yorke Prize and has been referred to in media reports on end-of-life issues.

• Stephanie Palmer, University of Cambridge

  Stephanie Palmer has taught for many years at the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law and also at Harvard Law School. She is a barrister at Blackstone Chambers, a joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review, a Fellow of Girton College and the Lauterpacht Centre, Cambridge. She is a member of the Alliance for Lawyers at Risk and on the Advisory Board of the Pro Bono organisation, the Law Corner. Her published work on official secrecy and freedom of information has been translated into French, Spanish, Ukrainian and Russian. She has given advice to the Parliament of Ukraine on constitutional issues and given evidence before a UK Parliamentary Select Committee on behalf of Liberty.