In this 2006 book, Conor Gearty confronts the challenges that may destroy the language of human rights for future generations.

In this set of three essays, originally presented as the 2005 Hamlyn Lectures, Conor Gearty considers whether human rights can survive the challenges of the war

All aspire to liberty and security in their lives but few people truly enjoy them. This book explains why this is so. In what Conor Gearty calls our 'neo-democr

Focuses on understanding human rights as they really are and their proper role in international affairs.

The repeal of the Human Rights Act is one of the major political questions of our day. In an engaging insight into the fantasies and myths driving the case for