Protecting Human Rights through Tort Law – Lessons Learned from the American ‘Alien Tort Statute’
Introduction In October 2021, Justice Secretary Dominic Raab spoke of his (and his party’s) dissatisfaction with the state of human rights law in the UK, claiming that it was open to abuse by dangerous criminals seeking to ‘prevent [their] deportation’ in contravention of public interest.1 As such, he promised to ‘overhaul’ the existing Human Rights Act […]