Chagos Islands – Page 2 – Current Awareness

Richard III and Chagossian judicial review claims all dismissed – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted May 27th, 2014 in appeals, burials and cremation, Chagos Islands, consultations, indigenous peoples, judicial review, news, royal family by sally

‘The facts of this application for judicial review were set out in David Hart QC’s post on the original permission hearing. To recap briefly, the Plantagenet Alliance, a campaigning organisation representing a group of collateral descendants of Richard III were given the go ahead to seek judicial review of the decision taken by the respondents – the Secretary of State, Leicester Council and Leicester University, regarding his re-interment at Leicester Cathedral without consulting them. More specifically, the claimant’s main case was that there was an obligation, principally on the part of the Ministry of Justice, to revisit or reconsider the licence once the remains had been conclusively identified as those of Richard III.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 23rd May 2014

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Chagossians update – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted April 14th, 2014 in appeals, Chagos Islands, disclosure, EC law, environmental protection, fisheries, indigenous peoples, news by sally

‘The appeal is against the decision of the Divisional Court in Bancoult v. FCO (read judgment and see my post here). Mr Bancoult had said that the decision to create the MPA was flawed by having an improper purpose (to stymie the Chagossians’ claims for resettlement), by inadequate consultation, and being a breach of an EU obligation to promote the economic and social development of the islands. The Court ruled against all these claims.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 11th April 2014

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

The Chagossian Wikileaks cable judgment, fishing rights and a dose of EU law – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted June 12th, 2013 in Chagos Islands, consultations, disclosure, EC law, environmental protection, fisheries, indigenous peoples, news by sally

“The Divisional Court has now dismissed the claim by Mr Bancoult on behalf of the Chagossian islanders. He had challenged the designation of the waters around the islands as a ‘no take’ Marine Protected Area, i.e. one which could not be fished.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 11th June 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Chagos marine park is lawful, High Court rules – BBC News

Posted June 11th, 2013 in Chagos Islands, EC law, environmental protection, fisheries, indigenous peoples, news by tracey

“A UK government decision to create a controversial marine park in the Indian Ocean has been upheld by the High Court.”

BBC News, 11th June 2013

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Chagossians: Wikileaks cables not admissible in court – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted April 29th, 2013 in Chagos Islands, disclosure, evidence, fisheries, human rights, indigenous peoples, international law, judicial review, news, public interest immunity by tracey

“Bancoult v. Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Divisional Court, Richards LJ and Mitting J, 16-24 April 2013, judgment awaited. A quick update at the end of the recent judicial review on 24 April by Mr Bancoult on behalf of the Chagossian islanders, but before judgment. The challenge was to the designation of the waters around their islands as a ‘no take’ Marine Protected Area, i.e. one which could not be fished.”

UK Human Rights Blog, 28th April 2013

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Chagos Islanders forced into exile left ‘dumbstruck’ by court ruling – The Guardian

Posted December 21st, 2012 in Chagos Islands, human rights, news, refugees by tracey

“Exiled Chagos Islanders living in Britain and Mauritius have said they are ‘dumbstruck’ by a European court ruling that it has no jurisdiction to examine their forced expulsion by the British government in the 1960s”

The Guardian, 20th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chagos Refugees Group in the First-Tier Tribunal: some key points – Panopticon

Posted September 25th, 2012 in Chagos Islands, disclosure, human rights, news, refugees, tribunals by sally

“The Chagos Archipelago forms part of the British Indian Ocean Territory (‘BIOT’). In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were required to leave those islands. At or around that time, a US military base was established on Diego Garcia, the largest of the Chagos Islands. The removal of the ‘Chagossians’ has been a matter of considerable political and media debate, as well as complex legal proceedings. Two legal challenges are ongoing: Chagos Islanders v UK before the European Court of Human Rights, and Bancoult (No 3) before the domestic courts.”

Panopticon, 24th September 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) – WLR Daily

Posted October 24th, 2008 in Chagos Islands, law reports, prerogative powers by sally

R (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) [2008] UKHL 61; [2008] WLR (D) 322

“Prerogative orders in council which prevented the unrestricted return of Chagos Islanders to their homeland were not unlawful.”

WLR Daily, 23rd October 2008

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.

Regina (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2) – Times Law Reports

Posted October 23rd, 2008 in Chagos Islands, law reports, prerogative powers by sally

Regina (Bancoult) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No 2)

House of Lords

“Prerogative orders made by the Queen in Council which prevented the unrestricted return of Chagos Islanders to their homeland were not unlawful.”

The Times, 23rd October 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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

Chagos islanders lose battle to return – The Guardian

Posted October 22nd, 2008 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“Chagos islanders evicted by the British government in the 1970s today lost their long-running battle to return to the Indian Ocean archipelago.”

The Guardian, 22nd October 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chagos exiles ruling overturned – BBC News

Posted October 22nd, 2008 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“Exiled residents of the Chagos Islands have had the right to return to their Indian Ocean homeland overturned by the House of Lords.”

BBC News, 22nd October 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Day of judgment in the Lords for evicted Chagos islanders – The Guardian

Posted October 22nd, 2008 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“The long-running legal battle between the British government and the Chagos islanders over their eviction from their homes in the Indian Ocean nearly 40 years ago will reach its conclusion in the House of Lords this morning.”

The Guardian, 22nd October 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Law Lords to decide if Chagos Islanders can return home – Daily Telegraph

Posted October 20th, 2008 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“The Law Lords are expected to decide on an appeal to stop exiled Chagos islanders returning home.”

Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2008

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Chagos Islands exiles fight again for right to return – The Times

Posted July 1st, 2008 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“Descendants of slaves transported to pick coconuts on a tropical plantation asked the House of Lords yesterday for the right to return to their homeland.”

The Times, 1st July 2008

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Law lords hold key to islanders’ dream of return to paradise – The Guardian

Posted May 12th, 2008 in Chagos Islands, special report by sally

“Legal challenge may end 40 years of exile from Diego Garcia.”

The Guardian, 12th May 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Evicted Chagos islanders get blueprint for a longed-for future – The Guardian

Posted April 7th, 2008 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“It is nearly 40 years since the Chagos islanders were evicted by the British government from their Indian Ocean home, but the legal battle aimed at giving them the right to return is still continuing.”

The Guardian, 7th April 2008

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Chagos families making visit home – BBC News

Posted February 19th, 2008 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“A group of Chagos Islanders forced into exile by the British government to make way for a US military base, are to make a return visit home.”

BBC News, 19th February 2008

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Chagos islanders demand compensation from Britain – Reuters

Posted June 4th, 2007 in Chagos Islands, news by sally

“Indian Ocean islanders expelled from the Chagos archipelago more than 40 years ago want Britain to pay damages, their leader said on Sunday.”

Reuters, 3rd June 2007

Source: www.reuters.com

Regina (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) – Times Law Reports

Posted May 31st, 2007 in Chagos Islands, judicial review, law reports, royal prerogative by sally

Abuse of executive power over Chagos Islanders

Regina (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2)

Court of Appeal

“The use of orders in council to frustrate a ruling of the court in order to prevent the return of Chagos Islanders to their homeland was an unlawful abuse of power by the executive government.”

The Times, 31st May 2007

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

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

R (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) – WLR Daily

Posted May 25th, 2007 in Chagos Islands, judicial review, law reports, royal prerogative by sally

R (Bancoult) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (No. 2) [2007] EWCA Civ 498

“The British Indian Ocean Territory (Constitution) Order 2004 and the British Indian Ocean Territory (Immigration) Order 2004 were amenable to judicial review and were an abuse of power in that they frustrated the legitimate expectation of the islanders to be allowed to return to the Chagos Islands.”

WLR Daily, 23rd May 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.

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