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Justice

April 10, 2018

ACLU challenges 'discriminatory, wealth-based' bail system

The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging the cash bail system, which keeps poor people in jail while allowing those who can pay to go home.
April 5, 2018

National Service at Westminster Abbey marks 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King’s death

Christian Aid and Westminster Abbey have hosted a National Service to mark the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr.
March 31, 2018

Rediscovering Justice: 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Death

On the fiftieth anniversary of the assassination of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Christian Aid and Westminster Abbey will be hosting a National Service and a Symposium on Wednesday 4 April 2018 at midday.
March 22, 2018

Peacebuilding is everyone's business, say Quakers

The Quaker Council for European Affairs has just released a hands-on manual making the case for peacebuilding and offering many practical tools which can be used by all sorts of organisations and individuals.
March 21, 2018

Struggling families disqualified from justice despite Supreme Court verdict, says Law Society

A new report from the Law Society says families in poverty are being denied help to fight eviction, tackle severe hosuing direpair and address other life-changing legal issues.
February 23, 2018

UN receives 40 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse in last quarter of 2017

The United Nations has received 40 allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse across its entities and implementing partners for the last three months of 2017, including 15 reported from peacekeeping operations, UN Spokesman Stéphane Dujarric has announced.
February 17, 2018

Religious leaders call on Home Secretary to put a time limit on immigration detention

Religious leaders are calling on the Home Secretary to end the Government’s use of indefinite detention – calling it “unjust, ineffective and inhumane”.
February 16, 2018

Woman jailed in stillbirth case released after decade in prison in El Salvador

A woman who was jailed following pregnancy-related complications resulting in stillbirth, has been freed after a decade behind bars.
February 12, 2018

Enforcement of community sentences by private companies 'poor'

Private probation companies' enforcement of community-based court sentences has been assessed as poor in a report by HM Inspectorate of Probation.
January 24, 2018

Legal system failing women, says Fawcett Society

A report released by the Fawcett Society concludes that our legal system is failing women and needs fundamental reform.