The cross-party Commission was established by the United Kingdom government to advise on the enactment of a British Bill of Rights and also on the relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Court of Human rights based in Strasbourg.
Michael is a political scientist who has advised international organisations, governments and public bodies on constitutional and related matters in over 25 countries. He is the author of Bringing Rights Back Home (London: Policy Exchange 2011) Read Here. He is a member of the academic panel on funding of political parties of the UK Committee on Standards in Public Life, a member of the board of directors of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, and president of the International Political science Association’s research committee on political finance and political corruption.
