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Bringing RightsBack Home
MakinghumanrightscompablewithparliamentarydemocracyintheUK
Michael Pinto-DuschinskyForeword by The Rt Hon Lord Hoffmann, PCEdited by Blair Gibbs
 
BringingRightsBackHome
MakinghumanrightscompatiblewithparliamentarydemocracyintheUKMichaelPinto-Duschinsky
ForewordbyTheRtHonLordHoffmann,PCEditedbyBlairGibbs
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isanindependentthinktankwhosemissionistodevelopandpromotenewpolicyideaswhichwillfosterafreesocietybasedonstrongcommunities,personalfreedom,limitedgovernment,nationalself-confidenceandanenterpriseculture.Registeredcharityno:1096300.PolicyExchangeiscommittedtoanevidence-basedapproachtopolicydevelopment.Weworkinpartnershipwithacademicsandotherexpertsandcommissionmajorstudiesinvolvingthoroughempiricalresearchofalternativepolicyoutcomes.WebelievethatthepolicyexperienceofothercountriesoffersimportantlessonsforgovernmentintheUK.Wealsobelievethatgovernmenthasmuchtolearnfrombusinessandthevoluntarysector.
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CharlesMoore(ChairmanoftheBoard),TheodoreAgnew,RichardBriance,SimonBrocklebank-Fowler,RichardEhrman,RobinEdwards,VirginiaFraser,GeorgeRobinson,RobertRosenkranz,AndrewSells,TimSteel,RachelWhetstoneandSimonWolfson.
 
AbouttheAuthor
Dr Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
ispresidentoftheInternationalPoliticalScienceAssociation’sresearchcommitteeonpoliticalfinanceandpoliticalcorruption,memberoftheacademicpanelonpartyfundingoftheCommitteeonStandardsinPublicLife,andadirectoroftheInternationalFoundationforElectoralSystems.HeaformerresearchfellowofMertonCollege,Oxford;PembrokeCollege,Oxford;andBrunelUniversity.HehasbeenaconsultanttothePolicyPlanningStaffoftheForeign&CommonwealthOffice,CabinetOffice,HomeOffice,theDepartmentforInternationalDevelopmentandtheCommitteeonStandardsinPublicLife.HewasanadvisortotheConstitutionalReformCommissioninFiji,totheill-fatedConstitutionalReformCommissioninZimbabwe,totheSupremeRadainUkraine,aswellastotheCivicDemocraticPartyinCzechoslovakiapriortothebreak-upof thatcountry.HehasbeenaconsultantonhumanrightsandpoliticalfinancetotheCouncilofEuropeandonconstitutionalandpoliticalreformstotheUnitedNations,WorldBank,OECD,EuropeanUnion,CommonwealthSecretariat,Inter-AmericanDevelopmentBank,theUnitedStatesAgencyforInternationalDevelopmentandtheCanadianInternationalDevelopmentAgency(onhumanrightsanddemocraticdevelopmentstrategies),theNationalEndowmentforDemocracyandInternationalIDEA.HewasafoundergovernoroftheWestminsterFoundationforDemocracyandafoundermemberofthesteeringcommitteeoftheWorldMovementforDemocracy.Inthefieldofhumanrights,hewasthehonoraryacademicadvisortoClaimsforJewishSlaveLabourCompensationandwasinvolvedinactivitiestopromotehumanrightsandcombattortureinFiji,SouthVietnam,SouthAfrica,thesouthernstatesoftheUnitedStatesandtheMiddleEast.
Blair Gibbs
joinedPolicyExchangeinJune2010astheHeadofCrimeandJusticepolicy.HeeditedthePolicyExchangereport
FittingtheCrime:ReformingCommunitySentences
(November2010)andhasbeenaregularcommentatoroncurrentpolicingandcriminaljusticetopics,writingnumerousarticlesforthenationalprintmedia.PriortojoiningPolicyExchangeheworked(2007-10)asChiefofStaffandpolicyadvisortothePolicingandCriminalJusticeMinister,RtHonNickHerbertMP.
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