Professor Francesca Klug OBE
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IARS
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Patron
Biography
Professor Francesca Klug OBE is a Professorial Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, based in the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, and a Senior Research Associate at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights.
Prof. Klug is the Director of the Human Rights Futures project which seeks to explore and analyse the future direction of human rights discourse in the UK and elsewhere. Francesca is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the LSE’s Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. Francesca was previously a Senior Research Fellow at King’s College Law School where she worked on developing the model for incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law reflected in the Human Rights Act. She was also a member of the Government’s Task Force responsible for overseeing implementation of the Act. Francesca has acted as a specialist adviser to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) carrying out a review of their working practices. Her report for the JCHR has been published and is available on their website. Francesca was a member of the small Bill of Rights and Responsibilities Reference Group at the Ministry of Justice. She is a trustee of the Campaign for Freedom of Information and is an Academic Expert at Doughty Street Chambers.
From 2006-09, Francesca was a Commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), the statutory body that acts as a central point of advice, guidance and enforcement on equality and human rights issues in the UK. Francesca was formerly a member of the EHRC Steering Group and the EHRC Task Force. Francesca worked as an independent academic advisor to ministers and officials on the Equality Act 2006, which established the EHRC.
Publications
2009
Klug, Francesca (2009) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: sixty years on. Public law, Spring pp. 205-217. ISSN 0033-3565
Klug, Francesca (2009) "Solidity or wind?" What's on the menu in the bill of rights debate?. The political quarterly, 80 (3). pp. 420-426. ISSN 0032-3179
Klug, Francesca and Wildbore, Helen (2009) Protecting rights: how do we stop rights and freedoms being a political football? Unlock Democracy, London, UK
2008
Klug, Francesca (2008) Human rights and speaking out. In: Karpf, Anne and Klug, Brian and Rose, Jacqueline and Rosenbaum, Barbara, (eds.) A time to speak out: independent Jewish voices on Israel, Zionism and Jewish identity. Verso, London, UK. ISBN 9781844672295
2007
Klug, Francesca (2007) A bill of rights: do we need one or do we already have one? LSE law, society and economy working papers, 02-2007. Department of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Klug, Francesca (2007) A bill of rights: do we need one or do we already have one? Public law, (Winter). pp. 701-719. ISSN 0033-3565
Klug, Francesca (2007) A bill of rights: what for? In: Bryant, Chris, (ed.) Towards a new constitutional settlement. Smith Institute, London, UK, pp. 129-144. ISBN 9781905370207
Klug, Francesca (2007) Breaking new ground: the Joint Committee on Human Rights and the role of Parliament in Human Rights compliance. European human rights law review, ISSN 1361-1526
Klug, Francesca (2007) Freedom of expression must include the licence to offend. Religion and Human Rights: an international journal, Summer ISSN 1871-0328
2006
Klug, Francesca (2006) The promotion of human rights. In: Human rights and peace-building in Northern Ireland: an international anthology. Committee on the Administration of Justice, Belfast, UK, pp. 109-118. ISBN 9781873285749
Klug, Francesca (2006) The long road to human rights compliance. Northern Ireland legal quarterly, 57 (1). pp. 185-202. ISSN 0029-3105
2005
Klug, Francesca (2005) Human rights: above politics or a creature of politics ? Policy and politics, 33 (1). pp. 3-14. ISSN 0305-5736
Klug, Francesca and Starmer, Keir (2005) Standing back from the Human Rights Act: how effective is it five years on? Public law, (Winter). pp. 716-728. ISSN 0033-3565
2004
Klug, Francesca (2004) Human rights and victims. In: Cape, Ed, (ed.) Reconcilable rights? Analysing the tensions between victims and defendants. Legal Action Group, London, UK, pp. 111-124. ISBN 9781903307311
Klug, Francesca and O'Brien, Claire (2004) "Fairness for all"? An analysis of human rights powers in the White Paper on the proposed Commission for the Equality of Human Rights. Public law, (Winter). pp. 712-724. ISSN 0033-3565
2003
Klug, Francesca (2003) Judicial deference under the Human Rights Act 1998. European human rights law review, (2). pp. 125-133. ISSN 1361-1526
2002
Klug, Francesca (2002) Human Rights Act: a common standard for all peoples? In: Griffith, Phoebe and Leonard, Mark, (eds.) Reclaiming Britishness. Foreign Policy Centre, London, UK, pp. 20-35. ISBN 9781903558140
O'Brien, Claire and Klug, Francesca (2002) The first two years of the Human Rights Act. Public law, (Winter). pp. 649-662. ISSN 0033-3565
2001
Klug, Francesca and Starmer, Keir and Byrne, Iain, (eds.) (2001) Human rights digest. Blackstone Press, London, UK. ISBN 9781841741536
Klug, Francesca (2001) The Human Rights Act: basic principles and values. Journal of local government law, 4 (2). pp. 41-47.
Starmer, Keir and Klug, Francesca (2001) Incorporation through the "front door": the first year of the Human Rights Act. Public law, (Winter). pp. 654-665. ISSN 0033-3565
Klug, Francesca (2001) The Human Rights Act - a "third way" or "third wave" Bill of Rights. European human rights law review, (4). pp. 361-372. ISSN 1361-1526
2000
Klug, Francesca (2000) The Human Rights Act: a general overview. In: Butler, Frances, (ed.) Human rights for the new millennium. Kluwer Law International, London, UK. ISBN 9789041113757
Klug, Francesca (2000) Values for a godless age: the history of the Human Rights Act and its political and legal consequences. Penguin, London, UK. ISBN 9780140266788
1999
Klug, Francesca (1999) Human rights as a set of secular ethics, or where does the responsibilities bit fit in? Patterns of prejudice, 33 (3). pp. 65-72. ISSN 0031-322X
Klug, Francesca (1999) The Human Rights Act 1998, Pepper v. Hart and all that. Public law, (Summer). pp. 246-273. ISSN 0033-3565
