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The United Kingdom To Walk Out On The European Court of Human Rights?

Wednesday, February 9, 2011

It has been a rough few days for the relationship between the United Kingdom and the Strasbourg-based European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). After a first report (PDF) published last week by the Independent Reviewer of Terror Laws Lord Carlile of Berriew criticizing rulings from the ECtHR regarding control orders (see JURIST report here), a new [...]

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Asylum and Homosexuality

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

There was an interesting story in the Guardian today that restored my faith in the ability of the English judiciary. The case in question was an appeal to the now Supreme Court of the UK, and had to do with whether persecution because of one’s sexuality was a legitimate reason for getting asylum. In the [...]

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