Klug, Francesca


Professor Francesca Klug OBE 

Department

Position held

Centre for the Study of Human Rights

Professorial Research Fellow

Non LSE positions held

Department

Position held

Human Rights Futures Project

Director

Experience keywords:

bills of rights; Human Rights Act; equalities; Equality and Human Rights Commission; British constitution; human rights

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Francesca Klug is a Professorial Research Fellow at LSE, where she is based in the Centre for the Study of Human Rights. She is Director of the Human Rights Futures Project, which is aimed at deepening public understanding of human rights discourse in general and the Human Rights Act in particular. She is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the LSE's Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion. She was a Commissioner on the statutory Equality and Human Rights Commission between 2006-09.

Francesca's expertise and research interests include the Human Rights Act, bills of rights, human rights and equality, the Equality and Human Rights Commission and the historical evolution of human rights values.

Media experience:

RadioTV

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6429

Alt phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6091

Publications

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2012

Klug, Francesca and Williams, Amy (2012) As long as the UK is bound by the ECHR, it is hard to envisage how a new UK Bill of Rights could ‘solve’ the perceived problems of the Human Rights Act. Blog post from London School of Economics & Political Science

Klug, Francesca (2012) The Human Rights Act: origins and intentions. In: Kang-Riou , Nicolas and Milner, Jo and Nayak, Suryia, (eds.) Confronting the Human Rights Act: contemporary themes and perspectives . Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon, UK, pp. 31-42. ISBN 9780415674706

Klug, Francesca (2011) New Labour and the distribution of power: constitutional reform, human rights and civil liberties. In: Diamond, Patrick and Kenny, Michael, (eds.) Reassessing New Labour: market, state and society under Blair and Brown. Wiley-Blackwell , London, UK, pp. 78-95. ISBN 9781444351347

Klug, Francesca (2011) Rights and righteousness: friends or foes? In: Gilbert, Geoff and Hampson, Françoise and Sandoval, Clara, (eds.) Strategic visions for human rights: essays in honour of Professor Kevin Boyle. Routledge, Abingdon, UK, pp. 67-80. ISBN 9780415579889

2010

Klug, Francesca and Wildbore, Helen (2010) Follow or lead?: the Human Rights Act and the European Court of Human Rights. European human rights law review, 6 pp. 621-630. ISSN 1361-1526

Klug, Francesca and Gordon, Jane (2010) Co-editors of special issue of the European human rights law review: 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Act. European human rights law review, special issue: 10 years of the Human Rights Act, 6 pp. 551-554. ISSN 1361-1526

Klug, Francesca (2010) The Human Rights Act 10 years on: origins, impact and destination. Scottish human rights journal, 51 (Nov). ISSN 1470-8302

Klug, Francesca (2010) Book review: making human rights real: the Human Rights Act in its first decade. International journal of law in context, 6 (4). pp. 403-405. ISSN 1744-5523

Klug, Francesca (2010) Why has the left become so illiberal? openDemocracy Limited

Klug, Francesca (2010) Human values, not tabloid values. openDemocracy Limited

Klug, Francesca (2010) Scoring points. In: Bechler, Rosemary, (ed.) The convention on modern liberty: the British debate on fundamental rights and freedoms . Imprint Academic, pp. 207-210. ISBN 9781845402006

Klug, Francesca (2010) Religious pluralism and human rights: problems and opportunities. In: Tombs, David, (ed.) Rights and Righteousness. The Irish School of Ecumenics and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission, pp. 31-40. ISBN 1903681855

Chakrabati, Shami and Kennedy, Helena and Klug, Francesca and McWilliams, Monica and Miller, Alan (2010) Common sense: reflections on the Human Rights Act. Liberty, London, UK. ISBN 9780946088577

2009

O'Loan, Nuala and Klug, Francesca and Massie, Bert and Wooding, Neil (2009) Human rights inquiry. Report of the equality and human rights commission. Equality and Human Rights Commission

Klug, Francesca (2009) “Solidity or wind?” What’s on the menu in the bill of rights debate?. openDemocracy Limited

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

Klug, Francesca (2009) The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: sixty years on. Public law, Spring pp. 205-217. ISSN 0033-3565

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: what for? In: Bryant, Chris, (ed.) Towards a new constitutional settlement. Smith Institute, London, UK, pp. 129-144. ISBN 9781905370207

Klug, Francesca (2007) Freedom of expression must include the licence to offend. Religion and Human Rights: an international journal, Summer ISSN 1871-0328

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) A bill of rights: do we need one or do we already have one? Public law, (Winter). pp. 701-719. ISSN 0033-3565

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

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

Klug, Francesca (2001) The Human Rights Act: basic principles and values. Journal of local government law, 4 (2). pp. 41-47. ISSN 1460-5872

Klug, Francesca and Starmer, Keir and Byrne, Iain, (eds.) (2001) Human rights digest. Blackstone Press, London, UK. ISBN 9781841741536

2000

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

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

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

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