Starmer v Starmer: why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?

单集文稿 ...

• 00:00

  This is The Guardian.

• 00:09

  Welcome to The Guardian Long Read,

• 00:10

  showcasing the best long-form journalism covering culture, politics and new thinking.

• 00:15

  For the text version of this and all our long reads, go to theguardian.com forward slash long read.

• 00:24

  This article contains some swearing.

• 00:28

  Starmer versus Starmer.

• 00:30

  Why is the former human rights lawyer so cautious about defending human rights?

• 00:36

  By Daniel Trilling.

• 00:37

  Read by Simon Darwin.

• 00:45

  The international human rights system.

• 00:48

  The rules,

• 00:49

  principles and practices intended to ensure that states do not abuse people is under greater threat now than at any other point

• 00:57

  since 1945.

• 00:59

  Fortunately,

• 01:00

  we in the UK couldn't wish for a better qualified prime minister to face this challenge.

• 01:07

  Keir Starmer is a distinguished former human rights lawyer and prosecutor,

• 01:11

  with a 30-year career behind him,

• 01:14

  who expresses a deep personal commitment to defending ordinary people against injustice.

• 01:20

  He knows human rights law inside out.

• 01:23

  In fact, He literally wrote the book on its European incarnation,

• 全部文稿