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human rights Archive
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The human rights of a transferred prisoner
Posted on 26/08/2009 | 1 CommentHere is another example of the interaction between criminal justice and national sovereignty. Samantha Orobator was convicted in Laos of possession of heroin and was sentenced to life imprisonment, commuted from the death penalty because she was pregnant. She has been sent back to Britain... -
Complicity with torture
Posted on 10/08/2009 | 1 CommentThe ongoing difficulty the British political establishment is having with allegations of torture reveals some important truths about the world. In essence, the situation seems to be that, while British agents have not actively engaged in torture themselves, they have certainly used information that has... -
Extradition to the United States
Posted on 21/07/2009 | No CommentsA debate in the House of Commons last week revisited the issue of the extradition treaty with the United States, which is the cause of controversy every time a difficult case is subjected to it. The request for extradition of the NatWest three in 2006... -
The case of Binyam Mohamed
Posted on 10/02/2009 | No CommentsI am not going to discuss here the rights and wrongs of the deletion of evidence from the judgment in the case of Binyam Mohamed – the foreign secretary insisted that intelligence material from the United States should not be published by the British courts... -
The law is an ass
Posted on 26/11/2008 | 1 CommentAmid European rejoicing about the restoration of multilateralism to the White House in the recent American presidential election, an interesting corrective is published in the Wall Street Journal. Law professors Jack Goldsmith and Eric Posner examine the European record on adhering to international law and... -
Sir Jonathan Sacks: Europe needs a new covenant and the time to begin it is now
Posted on 21/11/2008 | No CommentsFrom a speech by Sir Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of the United Hebrew Congregations of the Commonwealth, at the European Parliament, 19 November 2008: “Therefore, I want to add one other word, which played a significant part in healing fragmented societies. The word is ‘covenant’.... -
A Universal Right of Address at the UN
Posted on 27/03/2008 | No CommentsAn interesting proposal arrives for a reform of the UN Security Council, not in terms of who is a member but in terms of who may speak. The “Universal Right of Address” would, according to Independent Diplomat, promoters of the scheme, allow all interested parties... -
Free speech
Posted on 21/04/2007 | No CommentsAre there two European Unions? The way in which a decision by the Council of Ministers on the fight against racism and hate speech was reported in the newspapers yesterday makes me think so. The aim of the proposal is to establish agreed minimum penalties... -
The European Constitution and Equality Between Women and Men
Posted on 21/11/2006 | No CommentsThe European Women’s Lobby For the Articles on equality between women men, the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe offers some improvements to the current Treaties. Of course, the text could be stronger but this should not diminish the value of the improvements offered. ... -
European Anti-Poverty Network – analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the EU Constitutional Treaty
Posted on 20/11/2006 | No CommentsApril 2005 EAPN, at EU and national level, has argued in successive Treaty negotiations, for: Naming the eradication of poverty and the fight against social exclusion as Objectives of the Union Putting in place practical mechanisms to enable the EU to eradicate poverty An enforceable...
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