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Extradition needs reform and Abu Hamza’s case tells us why
by Stuart Withers and Sarah Walker Friday night saw the final instalment in a series of the highest profile extradition cases in the past decade. After the High Court refused to grant permission for...
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Gary McKinnon and the extradition that wasn’t
by Stuart Withers On Tuesday afternoon Theresa May, the Home Secretary, announced that she would block Gary McKinnon’s extradition request to the US. This is certainly joyous news and should be...
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Re-conceptualising the Strasbourg Debate: a reply to Michael Pinto-Duschinsky
by Sarah Walker Earlier this week Michael Pinto-Duschinsky’s article “Prisoner votes: Strasbourg should give way to national independence” was published on one of my favourite online haunts – the...
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Analysis: why we should be concerned about the International Development...
by Joseph Markus Ever since the early 1990s the international development consensus has fixed itself to the idea that development can be achieved alongside human rights. For even longer – at least...
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Is it your human right to wear a cross to work? Well, it depends…
by Joseph Markus A human right to wear a cross? Today a Chamber of the Fourth Section of the European Court of Human Rights released its judgment in the much-anticipated cluster of cases, Eweida and...
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Legal Aid cuts: much more than just closing the sweet shop
by Sarah Walker The UK government and their sympathetic media would have you believe that current legal aid provisions allow unpopular members of our society to greedily grab what they can get, much...
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The courts demolish another piece of Theresa May’s assault(-course) on migrants
by Joseph Markus Contrary to what the BBC has been reporting (it’s now fixed it), the High Court on Friday 5 July upheld claims that aspects of the new Immigration Rules – contained in an Appendix FM...
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Does the long-delayed deportation of Abu Qatada force the human-rights law...
by Joseph Markus In short, the answer has got to be no. Theresa May – who is known for advocating withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights and from the jurisdiction of its court – is...
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The disturbing doublethink of the European Court of Human Rights
by Joseph Markus This comment concerns two recent cases decided by the European Court of Human Rights. Those cases are Babar Ahmad and Others v the United Kingdom (2013) 56 EHRR 1, [2012] ECHR 609 and...
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Stop EU funds being used for executions in third countries
By Richard Howitt MEP Richard Howitt, Labour Member of the European Parliament for the East of England “Killing people to show people that killing people is wrong.” It should be the very definition of...
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