On Thursday 3rd July CPL co-hosted an event on National Security and Human Rights at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales in Madrid.
The event 'In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights' was co-hosted by the Centre for Public Law (Dr Kirsty Hughes and Dr Stephanie Palmer) at the University of Cambridge and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Professor Susana Sanchez-Ferro). Additional support for the event was generously provided by the Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades, Confinanciado por la Unión Europea.
The committee received over 130 responses to the call for papers and a selection of the papers were presented at the event in Madrid. Panels included: National Security and the UK; National Security, Migration and Sanctions; National Security Institutions and Practices; the European Convention on Human Rights and National Security; National Security and Free Speech; and Comparatve Perspectives on National Security. A keynote was given by Professor Iain Cameron, Uppsala University.
A selection of the papers will be published in the European Human Rights Law Review in 2026.