death penalty – Current Awareness

After Elgizouli: what does the judgment mean for mutual legal assistance? – 6KBW College Hill

Posted June 4th, 2020 in death penalty, EC law, human rights, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘In Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10, a seven-Justice Supreme Court held that the provision of material by way of mutual legal assistance to the US for the prosecution of Shafee El Sheikh and Alexanda Kotey, without obtaining an assurance that the evidence would not be used in a death penalty trial, was unlawful. The consequences of this judgment, both generally and specifically for Mr El Sheikh and Mr Kotey, are unknown. Where does it leave the provision to the US of further material in relation to these two individuals? In what circumstances could the UK government truly claim to be satisfied that the transfer would be lawful? Only a careful reading of this judgment can assist, and even then such assistance may be limited.’

6KBW College Hill, 1st June 2020

Source: blog.6kbw.com

Tim Cochrane: The Impact of the CLOUD Act Regime on the UK’s Death Penalty Assurances Policy – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted June 1st, 2020 in constitutional law, data protection, death penalty, foreign jurisdictions, investigatory powers, news by sally

‘This post discusses the impact of the new CLOUD Act international data sharing regime on the UK’s death penalty assurances policy. This regime—named after its enabling US legislation, the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act—is due to come into force in July 2020 following the signing of a bilateral US–UK agreement in October 2019 (US-UK Agreement). It provides a quicker alternative for law enforcement seeking access to electronic data overseas, beyond the existing mutual legal assistance (MLA) process, which operates through MLA treaties (MLATs) and other mechanisms. However, while the CLOUD Act regime has an admirable aim, its implementation weakens the UK’s existing death penalty assurances policy and thus risks exposing the UK and others to significant liability, as discussed below.’

UK Constitutional Law Association, 1st June 2020

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

Sean Molloy: Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Missing Rationality Challenge – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted May 6th, 2020 in constitutional law, data protection, death penalty, disclosure, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, judicial review, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘The long anticipated judgment in Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department was handed down by the Supreme Court on the 25th March. The Court held that it was not the common law but rather a failure by the Home Secretary to consider his duties under the Data Protection Act 2018 (DPA) that rendered the decision of the then Home Secretary- Sajid Javid- to hand over evidence to US authorities unlawful. While others have commented on the DPA aspect of this case (see here, here, and here), this post touches on the common law strand. However, rather than interrogating the Court’s decision, here I discuss the under-examined issue of rationality, arguing that the factual matrix of the case warranted a greater examination of the Home Secretary’s decision.’

UK Constitutional Law Association, 6th May 2020

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

Oliver Butler: Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department: The Fundamental Rights and Freedoms of the Data Subject – UK Constitutional Law Association

Posted April 21st, 2020 in constitutional law, data protection, death penalty, disclosure, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, human rights, news, prerogative powers, Supreme Court by sally

‘Many will no doubt pore over the Supreme Court’s recent judgment in Elgizouli v Secretary of State for the Home Department to evaluate its significance for the common law constraint of prerogative power. Ultimately, however, the Supreme Court held that it was not the common law but rather a failure by the Home Secretary to consider his duties under the Data Protection Act 2018 that rendered the decision in question unlawful. This post considers the significance of the Data Protection Act 2018 for protecting the fundamental rights and freedoms of data subjects. Although the narrow ground upon which the judgment was decided will offer some procedural protections for fundamental rights and freedoms, the case’s significance lies in its suggestion as to how data protection law might offer some scope for extending the extraterritorial application of human rights beyond the limits of the European Convention on Human Rights.’

UK Constitutional Law Association, 17th April 2020

Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org

Government acted unlawfully in assisting USA to prosecute IS fighter — an extended look – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted April 16th, 2020 in appeals, data protection, death penalty, disclosure, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, human rights, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘Since signing the Sixth Protocol to the European Convention in 1999, the UK has refused to extradite or deport persons to countries where they are facing criminal charges that carry the death penalty.’

UK Human Rights Blog, 14th April 2020

Source: ukhumanrightsblog.com

El Gizouli: Mutual Legal Assistance Meets Data Protection – Oxford Human Rights Hub

Posted April 15th, 2020 in data protection, death penalty, disclosure, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, human rights, judicial review, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘On 25 March 2020, the UK Supreme Court issued R (El Gizouli) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, this was the court’s first judgment to be handed down remotely. It confirmed the importance of data protection laws to international transfers of personal information for law enforcement purposes and may have even broader ramifications.’

Oxford Human Rights Hub, 13th April 2020

Source: ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk

Data Protection and Capital Punishment – The 36 Group

Posted April 3rd, 2020 in chambers articles, data protection, death penalty, disclosure, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘Case note on the Supreme Court’s judgment in Elgizouli (appellant) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (respondent) [2020] UKSC 10.’

The 36 Group, 30th March 2020

Source: 36group.co.uk

Government acted unlawfully in sharing information that could lead to death penalty, rules UK Supreme Court – Garden Court Chambers

Posted April 1st, 2020 in appeals, chambers articles, data protection, death penalty, disclosure, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘The UK Supreme Court today ruled that the British Government acted unlawfully in a case where it departed from the UK’s longstanding policy on opposing the death penalty in all circumstances.’

Garden Court Chambers, 25th March 2020

Source: www.gardencourtchambers.co.uk

Substantial compliance just won’t do: Supreme Court on international data transfers under DPA Part 3 – Panopticon

Posted March 30th, 2020 in appeals, data protection, death penalty, disclosure, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, news, Supreme Court by sally

‘Foreign fighters. Law enforcement cooperation with the US. The death penalty. A seven judge bench in the Supreme Court. Despite showing all the signs of a landmark public law decision, Elgizouli v Secretary of the State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10 was a bit of a fizzer on that front. In the end, the real meat was in the DPA 2018’s regulation of law enforcement processing and international data transfers.’

Panopticon, 30th March 2020

Source: panopticonblog.com

New Judgment: Elgizouli (AP) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] UKSC 10 – UKSC Blog

Posted March 26th, 2020 in appeals, data protection, death penalty, disclosure, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, murder, news, Supreme Court, terrorism by sally

‘The appellant’s son is alleged to have been one of a group of terrorists operating in Syria, involved in the murder of US and British citizens. The US made a mutual legal assistance request to the UK in relation to an investigation into the activities of that group. The Home Secretary requested an assurance that the information would not be used directly or indirectly in a prosecution that could lead to the imposition of the death penalty. The US refused to provide a full death penalty assurance and the Home Secretary agreed to provide information to the US without requiring any assurance. The appellant challenged the Home Secretary’s decision by way of judicial review. The questions for the Supreme Court were firstly whether it is unlawful for the Secretary of State to exercise his power to provide MLA so as to supply evidence to a foreign state that will facilitate the imposition of the death penalty in that state on the individual and secondly whether it is lawful under the Data Protection Act 2018, Part 3 for law enforcement authorities in the UK to transfer personal data to law enforcement authorities abroad for use in capital criminal proceedings.’

UKSC Blog, 25th March 2020

Source: ukscblog.com

UK broke law over IS ‘Beatles’ by passing information to US – BBC News

Posted March 25th, 2020 in data protection, death penalty, disclosure, evidence, execution, foreign jurisdictions, government departments, judicial review, news, Supreme Court, terrorism, witnesses by sally

‘The UK acted unlawfully by passing evidence to the US that could lead to the execution of two British members of an Islamic State murder squad.’

BBC News, 25th March 2020

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

High Court to look at case of alleged Isis duo who may face execution in US – The Guardian

Posted October 8th, 2018 in death penalty, foreign jurisdictions, news, prosecutions, terrorism by sally

‘The British government’s decision to co-operate with US authorities over the prosecution of two alleged Islamic State executioners without assurances that they will not face the death penalty, is to be challenged in the high court on Monday.’

The Guardian, 8th October 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

Remembering Louis Blom-Cooper, A Human Rights Champion – Rights Info

Posted October 3rd, 2018 in citizenship, death penalty, human rights, inquiries, mental health, news, political opinion discrimination, prisons, social services by sally

‘Lawyer and human rights champion Sir Louis Blom-Cooper passed away in London, aged 92, on September 19, 2018. Here are some of the ways in which Blom-Cooper blazed a trail for human rights.’

Rights Info, 2nd October 2018

Source: rightsinfo.org

European human rights judges will rule ‘Isil Beatles’ plan illegal, say experts – Daily Telegraph

Posted July 30th, 2018 in death penalty, extradition, human rights, news, terrorism by sally

‘European human rights judges would rule Britain’s plan to waive death penalty assurances for two suspected members of the Isil ‘Beatles’ terror cell illegal, experts say, and could order the UK to seek US guarantees and even pay the men damages.’

Daily Telegraph, 28th July 2018

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

UK may face legal challenge over US extradition of Isis pair – The Guardian

Posted July 24th, 2018 in criminal justice, death penalty, evidence, extradition, foreign jurisdictions, human rights, news, terrorism by tracey

‘UK ministers could face a legal challenge to the decision to assist the US extradition of two former British Islamic State terrorists without demanding they do not face the death penalty, as Downing Street backed Sajid Javid’s decision to allow the move.’

The Guardian, 24th July 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

Sajid Javid drops UK’s blanket opposition to death penalty to allow two Isis fighters to be sent to US – The Independent

Posted July 23rd, 2018 in death penalty, extradition, news, terrorism by tracey

‘Sajid Javid has dropped Britain’s blanket opposition to the death penalty in order to allow two notorious British Isls fighters to be sent to the United States.’

The Independent, 23rd July 2018

Source: www.independent.co.uk

Vivian Teed: 60 years since last man hanged in Wales – BBC News

Posted May 8th, 2018 in death penalty, news, Wales by sally

‘On the night of Friday 15 November 1957, 24-year-old Vivian Teed broke into the sub-post office in Fforestfach, Swansea.’

BBC News, 6th May 2018

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Trinidad waits on British judges’ death row ruling as murders soar – The Guardian

Posted January 15th, 2018 in appeals, death penalty, jurisdiction, news, Privy Council, Trinidad & Tobago by sally

‘Five British judges will this week consider whether a prisoner who may be mentally ill should remain on death row after a Caribbean court convicted him of murdering another inmate.’

The Guardian, 15th January 2018

Source: www.theguardian.com

The ‘completely childish’ man hanged for murder – BBC News

Posted December 18th, 2017 in death penalty, learning difficulties, mental health, miscarriage of justice, news by sally

‘He was one of the last two men hanged in Britain. A habitual liar convicted of murdering a man who had been his friend, and perhaps his lover. But according to a leading criminal lawyer, who has viewed documents uncovered by the BBC, he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.’

BBC News, 18th December 2017

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Crime agency admits acting illegally in death penalty case – Law Society’s Gazette

Posted August 31st, 2017 in death penalty, disclosure, evidence, foreign jurisdictions, human rights, national crime agency, news by tracey

‘The National Crime Agency (NCA) has admitted acting unlawfully in assisting Thai police investigate, arrest and convict two Burmese men sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers. Campaigners against the death penalty said the disclosure raises questions about the UK cooperation with authorities in countries with dubious human rights records.’

Law Society's Gazette, 30th August 2017

Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk

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