human rights – Page 141 – Current Awareness

Expecting business to respect human rights without incentives or Sanctions – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 5th, 2013 in company law, enforcement, human rights, international trade, news, sanctions, United Nations by sally

“Cross-government coordination on an issue that affects trade, international development, foreign affairs, business activity and human rights is remarkable, especially at such a difficult economic time. So the UK’s Action Plan on Business and Human Rights, which is the government’s long-awaited strategy for implementing the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, is to be applauded for this achievement. Yet, while the Plan establishes clear expectations that UK companies should respect human rights, there are no effective legal requirements placed on them to do so.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 4th September 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Why we would be mad to leave our European Convention on Human Rights – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted September 4th, 2013 in human rights, legal history, news by sally

“Six decades ago today, the European Convention on Human Rights came into force. It all started brightly, as a post-war, British-led pact against Fascism and Communism. Now, human rights are under heavy, relentless attack. Politicians, press and public seem to have an endless appetite for tales of human rights gone wrong. The Justice Secretary has recently said ‘all options are on the table’ for ‘major change’ on human rights, and it is likely that the future of the ECHR will be a major general election issue in 2015. In short, the UK may soon withdraw from the longstanding international human rights system which it was instrumental in creating.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 3rd September 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions – WLR Daily

Posted September 2nd, 2013 in appeals, detention, failure to disclose information, freedom of movement, human rights, law reports, public interest, terrorism by sally

Beghal v Director of Public Prosecutions [2013] EWHC 2573 (Admin); [2013] WLR (D) 341

“The provisions in Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 conferring powers to stop, question, and detain a person at a port or border for up to nine hours for the purpose of determining whether he appeared to be a person concerned in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism were not incompatible with article 5, 6 or 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; or with the right to freedom of movement under articles 20 and 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.”

WLR Daily, 28th August 2013

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

More than 300 foreign criminals use ‘right to family life’ to escape deportation – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 2nd, 2013 in deportation, families, human rights, immigration, news, statistics by sally

“More than 300 foreign criminals escaped deportation last year after they argued it would breach their human rights.”

Daily Telegraph, 2nd September 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Grayling refuses to delay legal aid cuts – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 29th, 2013 in delay, human rights, legal aid, news, select committees by sally

“The justice secretary has indicated that he will press on with ‘far-reaching’ legal aid cuts, ignoring pleas from MPs, peers and the Law Society to delay them to enable parliamentary scrutiny.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 28th August 2013

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

More developments under Schedule 7 – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 29th, 2013 in airports, detention, human rights, immigration, news, terrorism by sally

“In a judgment with implications for the detention of David Miranda, the High Court has today dismissed an appeal against a conviction for wilfully failing to comply with a duty imposed by virtue of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 28th August 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

High court rejects human rights appeal over airport detention – The Guardian

Posted August 29th, 2013 in airports, appeals, detention, human rights, immigration, news, terrorism by sally

“Three high court judges have said there is room for improvement in the operation of counter-terror powers used by police special branch officers to stop, question and detain 70,000 people a year passing through Britain’s airports and ports.”

The Guardian, 28th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Woman to hear court ruling on her airport questioning – BBC News

Posted August 28th, 2013 in airports, failure to disclose information, human rights, news, stop and search, terrorism by sally

“A Muslim woman who says she was stopped at an airport ‘without reasonable suspicion’ is awaiting a court ruling on whether her rights were breached.”

BBC News, 28th August 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Murderer told he would spend life behind bars has become the first Briton to appeal against tariff in European court – The Independent

Posted August 22nd, 2013 in appeals, human rights, murder, news, sentencing by sally

“A triple murderer has become the first UK citizen to mount a legal challenge against his ‘life means life’ tariff after a controversial ruling from European judges that it breaches human rights.”

The Independent, 21st August 2013

Source: www.independent.co.uk

UK woman held in ‘squalid’ cell for more than five years – The Guardian

Posted August 21st, 2013 in human rights, news, prisons, rehabilitation, standards, torture by sally

“Women’s prison in Surrey criticised for ‘inhumane and degrading treatment’ of a prisoner.”

The Guardian, 21st August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Twitter Trolls, Tribunal Online (Finally), Don’t go Home – The Human Rights Roundup – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 19th, 2013 in asylum, fraud, human rights, immigration, internet, judicial review, Ministry of Justice, news, theft by tracey

“This week, judicial review continued to take a beating, the Home Office backed down over their ‘Go Home’ campaign and the legal implications behind the twitter threat debacle were considered. And, finally, the immigration and asylum tribunal launched a useful online search service.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 19th August 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Better Late than Never? – NearlyLegal

Posted August 19th, 2013 in appeals, homelessness, housing, human rights, local government, news, time limits by tracey

“Peake v LB Hackney is another cautionary tale about the importance of lodging statutory homelessness appeals within the 21 day limit.”

NearlyLegal, 18th August 2013

Source: www.nearlylegal.co.uk/blog/

Imposing strict conditions on release of terrorist offender did not breach Article 8 – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 16th, 2013 in electronic monitoring, human rights, news, post-traumatic stress disorder, probation, terrorism by tracey

“Tabbakh, R (on the application of) v Staffordshire and West Midlands Probation Trust and others [2013] EWHC 2492 (Admin). The claimant, a Syrian national, was serving the non-custodial part of a seven year sentence imposed for an offence of preparing a terrorist act. He was released automatically on licence on 23 June 2011, having served half his sentence. He took proceedings for judicial review contending that he had had no meaningful opportunity to participate in the process when his licence conditions were determined and that this constituted a breach of the procedural guarantees under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 15th August 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

The terrorist we can’t deport because of his human rights – Daily Telegraph

Posted August 16th, 2013 in appeals, asylum, deportation, human rights, news, terrorism by tracey

“Ministers are powerless to deport a convicted foreign terrorist who has lived in Britain for 12 years even though he has lost a long-running legal battle for refugee status.”

Daily Telegraph, 15th August 2013

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Mental health detention powers must be reviewed urgently, says Parliamentary Committee – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted August 14th, 2013 in children, community care, detention, hospitals, human rights, mental health, news, reports by sally

“The House of Commons Health Committee has published a report (PDF) following its inquiries into the Mental Health Act 2007. The MHA 2007 introduced several amendments to the Mental Health Act 1983 (MHA, as amended), some of which were very controversial at the time and continue to be so now. The Health Committee’s report follows post-legislative scrutiny of the legislation by its parent department.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 14th August 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Thousands of UK citizens ‘detained unlawfully’ – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 13th, 2013 in Court of Protection, detention, human rights, mental health, news, select committees by sally

“Tens of thousands of vulnerable people are being detained unlawfully due to the complexity of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA), lawyers have told a House of Lords committee.”

Law Society’s Gazette, 12th August 2013

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

David Cameron eyes Human Rights Act repeal – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2013 in human rights, legislation, news, repeals by sally

“Britain needs to look at scrapping the Human Rights Act, David Cameron has said.”

The Guardian, 8th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Privacy International to challenge telecoms firms over GCHQ cooperation – The Guardian

Posted August 9th, 2013 in human rights, intelligence services, interception, internet, news, privacy, telecommunications by sally

“BT and Vodafone are among seven large telecoms firms which could be pulled into a legal challenge under human rights law for cooperating with GCHQ’s large-scale internet surveillance programs.”

The Guardian, 8th August 2013

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Leah Grolman and Greg Weeks: Guidelines and Assisted Suicide: an Australian Perspective – UK Constitutional Law Group

Posted August 7th, 2013 in assisted suicide, constitutional law, human rights, news, prosecutions, strict liability by sally

“The morally and politically charged area of assisted suicide has many of the hallmarks of an insoluble problem. This has not prevented courts in some jurisdictions considering how they might ‘legalise’ assisted suicide without really legalising it. In doing so, they have raised manifold challenges in the minds of administrative and constitutional lawyers, including, in some jurisdictions, whether the prohibition on assisted suicide is itself constitutional, such as Rodriguez in Canada, Fleming in Ireland and Pretty in the ECtHR.”

UK Constitutional Law Group, 7th August 2013

Source: www.ukconstitutionallaw.org

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