The illegal migration bill is an attempt to stop small boat crossings, which have increased in recent years.
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The European court has ruled that interim measures are legally binding under international law.
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If passed in its current form, the European Union’s new directive on combating violence against women and domestic violence will be world-leading.
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The next prime minister has an opportunity to make abortion rights more or less secure in UK law.
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A case brought to the European Court of Human Rights could pressure countries to leave.
Priti Patel and Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta agreed the migration partnership in April 2022.
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The court blocked the UK from deporting asylum-seekers to Rwanda until after cases in the UK are decided.
The first COVID-19 vaccines in Austria were administered in December 2020.
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Pandemic politics have continually raised questions about emergency powers and freedom.
Alexander Litvinenko in University College Hospital after being poisoned with a radioactive substance.
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The European court of human rights has found the Russian state responsible for Litvinenko’s death by poisoning.
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The UK government intends to make intentional trespass on private land a criminal offence.
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Six Portuguese youngsters say 33 countries have violated their human rights by causing climate change.
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From wearables with monitoring chips to face scanners that assess your contentment, workplace surveillance seems to be going in one direction.
British forces on patrol in Basra, Iraq in 2003.
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Soldier amnesty plans pose grave challenges to human rights – and set the stage for a future showdown with the European Court of Human Rights.
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Mistaken links between the EU and the European Convention on Human Rights could be one factor that sees the UK losing out on these vital supranational laws.
The Yard are hungry for data. We shouldn’t feed it.
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Allowing the police unfettered use of vast databases of information will begin to tilt the balance of power towards totalitarianism.
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There is historical precedent for suing the EU. But is it a good idea?
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN Security Council.
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Despite its reputation, Russia has contributed much more to international law than it’s sometimes given credit for.
I’ve told you before, the Lawrence v Texas decision says it’s fine.
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Are gay rights a matter of protecting privacy, or sexual freedom itself?
Winston Churchill was a strong proponent of the European Convention on Human Rights.
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The Conservative party manifesto’s repudiation of the ‘libertarian right’ bodes ill for the European Court of Human Rights.
The Norwegian government wants the right to keep Anders Behring Breivik i solitary confinement.
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The European Court of Human Rights will consider whether Breivik’s human rights have been violated by his solitary detention.
May: Brexit from the ECHR.
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The home secretary is campaigning against Brexit, but with a caveat.
Justice Secretary Michael Gove is overseeing human rights reform.
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The Conservatives have got it half-right by seeking to repeal the Human Rights Act. Too bad they want to replace it with something almost as unhelpful.