Show Notes
Please note that, in places, the microphones momentarily failed to record the proceedings at this event. We apologise.
At this event jointly hosted by the UCL Human Rights Institute, UCL Global Centre for Democratic Constitutionalism and UCL Constitution Unit, a panel of expert speakers familiar with the developments in Denmark, UK, and the Council of Europe speak about the pressures that human rights and especially the European Convention find themselves under and what the options are for states seeking a reform of the system.
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