“Prisoners in Britain must be given the vote in time for elections next year, the Council of Europe said yesterday as it stepped up pressure on the new coalition Government to abide by a five-year-old court ruling.”
Daily Telegraph, 8th June 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Criticised by many Tories, defended by the Liberal Democrats, the Human Rights Act is highly divisive within the coalition. In fact, it doesn’t go far enough: if we care about liberty, we must create our own declaration, argues Geoffrey Robertson QC.”
The Independent, 1st June 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The government faces being hauled before the European court of human rights unless it gives prisoners the right to vote as a matter of urgency.”
The Guardian, 30th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The European Court of Human Rights has rejected a claim that the UK’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) violates the human right to a private life. The UK’s rules and safeguards on covert surveillance are proportionate, said the court.”
OUT-LAW.com, 19th May 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Analysis of the court ruling yesterday on deporting suspected terrorists on the basis of confidential assurances because they would face torture or death.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Is the Human Rights Act going to be replaced by a bill of rights, and how do the coalition partners’ stances differ?”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A battle between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats over whether to introduce a British bill of rights, supplanting the European convention on human rights, is to be passed to an independent commission after a disagreement within the new coalition.”
The Guardian, 19th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Two men who were arrested in major counter-terrorism raids but never charged today won their appeals against deportation.”
Daily Telegraph, 18th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Those hoping for a major change of direction on human rights by the new government will have answers soon. As we discovered with Labour, the strongest measures a government takes on the protection of human rights are likely to be those it takes in its first few weeks, so what is in the first Queen’s Speech is very important. Five areas may be critical.”
The Guardian, 18th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Analysis of the court of appeal judgment on malicious prosecution and the right to liberty.”
The Guardian, 17th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Five Pakistani students who were accused of planning a bomb attack will hear if they have won appeals against deportation from the UK.”
BBC News, 18th May 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Conservative stalwart has quality of reliability that suggests he is not prepared to be pushed around by officials or lawyers.”
The Guardian, 13th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A transsexual has launched a legal challenge after the NHS refused to pay for a breast enlargement operation, claiming the decision breaches her human rights.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th May 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Control orders involving a curfew lasting 16 hours a day violate fundamental rights, the supreme court was told today as it heard a case attempting to change the use of the controversial measures.”
The Guardian, 5th May 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Football fan Garry Mann’s hope of avoiding two years in a Portuguese jail rests with a ruling by human rights judges today.”
The Independent, 27th April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The indefinite notification requirements for sexual offenders who had been sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment or more were incompatible with the right to respect for private and family life because they did not contain any mechanism for reviewing the justification for continuing the requirements in individual cases.”
WLR Daily, 21st April 2010
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.
“Two convicted sex offenders have won the right to challenge their inclusion on the UK’s sex offenders register.”
BBC News, 21st April 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has blocked the release of the former attorney general Lord Goldsmith’s advice about whether human rights law applied to British troops in Iraq when handling prisoners.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“British courts must have the final say over European human rights law, the country’s most senior judge has warned.”
The Independent, 2nd April 2010
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Lawyers have been granted permission to challenge the government’s detention policy, which they claim amounts to ‘cruel, inhumane and degrading’ treatment of women and children.”
The Guardian, 20th March 2010
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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