Category: human rights

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication

Public Protection, Proportionality and the Search for Balance – Ministry of Justice

Posted September 27th, 2007 in human rights, proportionality, reports by sally

“This report examines how courts in the UK and Europe respond when human rights and security appear to conflict. It compares cases from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and the European Court of Human Rights, and examines how human rights are applied and how courts use the concept of proportionality to mediate conflicts between rights and security.”

Ministry of Justice, 27th September 2007

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Asylum seeker launches Aids test case – The Guardian

Posted September 27th, 2007 in AIDS, asylum, human rights, news by sally

“An asylum seeker with Aids who claims it would amount to inhuman or degrading treatment to send her home to Uganda will take a test case to the 17-judge grand chamber of the European court of human rights in Strasbourg today.”

The Guardian, 26th September 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

John Reid calls for human rights law reform – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 17th, 2007 in criminal justice, human rights, news, terrorism by sally

“A review of human rights laws in Britain and Europe has been demanded by John Reid amid fresh fears that they are hindering the fight against crime and terrorism.”

Daily Telegraph, 17th September 2007

Parole hearings “deny prisoners’ human rights” – Daily Telegraph

Posted September 10th, 2007 in human rights, news, parole by sally

“The troubled parole system suffered another blow yesterday when the High Court ruled that hearings in which prisoners are assessed for release are not sufficiently independent of Government.”

Daily Telegraph, 9th September 2007

Plan to put everyone in DNA database hinges on human rights case – OUT-LAW.com

Posted September 7th, 2007 in DNA, human rights, news, privacy by sally

“Lord Justice Sedley’s proposal to put everyone in the UK on a DNA database would be dependent on a British man’s case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), according to a privacy law expert.”

OUT-LAW.com, 7th September 2007

Source: www.out-law.com

Developer loses landmark squatting case – The Times

Posted August 31st, 2007 in adverse possession, compensation, human rights, news by sally

“A property developer’s landmark legal fight to secure compensation for land lost to squatters has ended in failure after Europe’s highest court ruled that UK law did not breach the developer’s human rights.”

The Times, 30th August 2007

The Big Question: What is the Human Rights Act, and why is it being vilified? – The Independent

Posted August 23rd, 2007 in deportation, human rights, special report by sally

“The case of Learco Chindamo, who was jailed 11 years ago for the murder of headteacher Philip Lawrence, has raised questions over the very existence of the Human Rights Act. The decision on Monday by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal that Chindamo cannot be deported to Italy if he is released from prison has provoked the Conservative leader David Cameron to call for the outright abolition of the Act, the first attempt by a Government to enshrine international human rights conventions into English law.”

R (JL (by the Official Solicitor as litigation friend)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Independent, 23rd August 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

R (JL (by the Official Solicitor as litigation friend)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

Posted August 8th, 2007 in human rights, law reports, suicide, young offenders by sally

“Where there had been a death or near death in custody the state was obliged to conduct an enhanced investigation commenced by a person independent of those implicated in the facts. If the investigator found that the state or its agents potentially bore responsibility and that it was not plain that they could bear no responsibility it would be necessary to hold a further inquiry in the nature of a public hearing in which the next of kin or injured person could play a part.”

WLR Daily, 24th July 2007

Source: www.lawreports.co.uk

Please note once a case has been fully reported in one of the ICLR series the corresponding WLR Daily summary is removed.

Brian Haw: ‘It is strange that they are spending so much money prosecuting me’ – The Independent

Posted August 7th, 2007 in demonstrations, freedom of expression, human rights, news by sally

“As the Camp for Climate Action began planning in earnest for next week’s protest at Heathrow, one veteran protester against the Iraq war was also enjoying a moment of vindication.”

Regina (Nasseri) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department

The Independent, 7th August 2007

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Regina (Nasseri) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – Times Law Reports

Posted August 3rd, 2007 in asylum, human rights, law reports, torture by sally

Asylum Act provision is incompatible

Queen’s Bench Division

“An absolute bar preventing the Secretary of State for the Home Department from considering whether certain countries would return asylum-seekers in contravention of their human rights was incompatible with the right to not be subjected to torture or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.”

The Times, 3rd August 2007

Please note the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication

Prisoners to claim millions for parole delay – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 30th, 2007 in compensation, delay, human rights, news, parole, prisons by sally

“Millions of pounds are set to be paid out by the Government to prisoners kept in jail beyond their release dates.”

Daily Telegraph, 29th July 2007

Damages and right to remain for rapist – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 19th, 2007 in deportation, human rights, news, rape by sally

“A convicted rapist has won a ruling to block his deportation on human rights grounds, it was revealed yesterday.”

Daily Telegraph, 19th July 2007

Watchdog warns over number plate snooping – The Guardian

Posted July 17th, 2007 in human rights, news, privacy by sally

“Cameras that automatically record car number plates, a weapon in the fight against crime and terrorism, could breach human rights and privacy laws, the government’s surveillance watchdog warned today.”

O’Halloran v. United Kingdom; Francis v. United Kingdom

The Guardian, 17th July 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

O’Halloran v United Kingdon: Francis v United Kingdom – Times Law Reports

Posted July 13th, 2007 in human rights, law reports, road traffic offences by sally

Compulsion to identify driver does not prejudice right to fair trial

European Court of Human Rights

“Registered keepers of motor vehicles could lawfully be compelled to tell the police who was driving it on a particular occasion.”

The Times, 13th July 2007

Please note: the Times Law Reports are only available free on Times Online for 21 days from the date of publication

‘Change human rights laws to stop encouraging terrorists’ – The Times

Posted July 9th, 2007 in human rights, news, terrorism by michael

“The UK must withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) because its interpretation by the courts encourages terrorists to come to Britain, according to a report published today.”

The Times, 9th July 2007

Battle over control orders goes to Lords – The Guardian

Posted July 6th, 2007 in control orders, human rights, news by sally

“The government today launches a legal battle to try to persuade Britain’s top court, the House of Lords, that the control order regime, which it sees as a key weapon against terrorism, does not violate terror suspects’ human rights.”

The Guardian, 6th July 2007

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Prisoners’ action over conditions – BBC News

Posted July 4th, 2007 in human rights, news, prisons by michael

“Two prisoners have launched a High Court action arguing they have been kept in conditions so bad that their human rights have been violated.”