For Maxwell Fyfe the evidence of Nuremberg and the drafting of the Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms were one story. It was a story of the conquest of tyranny and the establishment of human rights, democracy and the rule of law.

During our year commemorating the 75th anniversary of the European Convention on Human Rights we have been remembering its birth from the...

To David, natural law was the expression of rightness and justice for, and the rights and freedoms that protected every member of humanity and give them the confidence that they need not fear authority.