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Strasbourg in the Age of Subsidiarity: Enough Reform to Accommodate...
On 7th September 2015, Judge Robert Spano (of the European Court of Human Rights) spoke at a high-level international conference on “The Role of Parliaments in the Realisation and Protection of the...
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Picket lines in General Franco’s Britain – the Round-up
Photo credit: The Independent In the news The controversial Trade Union Bill this week passed its second reading in the House of Commons by a majority of 33 MPs. The bill contains plans to impose a...
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First Minister Nicola Sturgeon reinforces Scottish opposition to repeal of...
Yesterday morning, in a speech to civic organisations in Glasgow, First Minister Nicola Sturgeon warned that “no responsible government” would consider repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 due to the...
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Is the European Convention Working? Grieve advocates before Faculty of Advocates
Less than 48 hours before First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s speech in Glasgow (see our coverage here), another rousing defence of the Convention was launched in Scotland. Former Attorney General Dominic...
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We are five! And we’re having a party to celebrate
The UK Human Rights Blog recently turned five years old, and it would only be right if we celebrated with you, our loyal readers. So, we’re having a party on Thursday 29 October 2015. The full details...
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The Round-Up: Holyrood’s Hard-line, and Sumption’s Long Game
Laura Profumo brings you the latest human rights happenings. In the News: Nicola Sturgeon, the Scottish First Minister, announced last week that it was “inconceivable” that the SNP would support the...
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US court takes important step in resolving human/wildlife conflict at sea
Sea Otters California Sea Urchin Commission, et al. v Michael Bean, et al, US District Court, Central District of California (September 18 2015) – read judgment A Californian court has upheld the...
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Limits of judicial review in international relations underlined
Ministry of Defence (Photo credit: Guardian) R (Nour) v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 2695 (Admin) How far are the courts willing to go to intervene in matters of foreign affairs in...
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ECtHR judge ponders on EU/ECtHR dogfight, and recent trends of timidity in...
A Political Decision Disguised as Legal Argument: Opinion of CJEU 2/13 – and other things Over the summer an interesting article was published by Graham Butler, on his interview with David Thor...
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The Round-up: Cameron’s ‘bonanza benefits’ from the slave trade, and the HRA...
Image credit: Guardian This week’s round-up is brought to you by Charlotte Bellamy Instead of reparations and an apology for Britain’s role in the transatlantic slave trade, David Cameron is to bestow...
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CJEU ruling on prisoner voting – open door for successful UK challenge?
Image: Guardian Delvigne (Judgment), [2015] EUECJ C-650/13 – read judgment. In a judgment much anticipated on both sides of the Channel, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) has held...
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Parents’ wish to treat child’s cancer with Chinese medicine overruled by...
JM (a child), Re [2015] EWHC 2832 (Fam), 7 October 2015 – read judgment Mostyn J, ruling in the Family Division that a child should receive surgical treatment for bone cancer against the wishes of his...
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The Round-Up: Lawyers lament UK’s refugee response
This week’s Round-up is brought to you by Hannah Lynes. In the news Call from legal community for urgent action on refugee crisis More than 300 lawyers have signed a statement denouncing the...
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Court of Protection upholds the right of a confused, lonely man to refuse...
Wye Valley NHS Trust v B (Rev 1) [2015] EWCOP 60 (28 September 2015) – read judgment The Court of Protection has recently ruled that a mentally incapacitated adult could refuse a life saving...
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Surveillance under RIPA: neither a strict legal framework nor rigorously...
Those charged with the task of protecting the public from harm resort to assertion similar to that here attributed to a GCHQ spokesperson: Our work is carried out in accordance with a strict legal and...
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Reassessing the role of parliament in law and human rights – Brian Chang
Credit: guardian.co.uk What is the role of parliament in the protection and realisation of the rule of law and human rights? Should there be a set of internationally agreed principles and guidelines...
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Human rights explained in a beautiful two-minute animation
RightsInfo made a lovely new animation. Please like, share and spread the word.Filed under: In the news
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Unauthorised solitary confinement incompatible with prisoner’s rights
Image: Guardian Shahid v. Scottish Ministers (Scotland), [2015] UKSC 58 – read judgment. The Supreme Court has held that the continuation of a prisoner’s solitary confinement for safety reasons was not...
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The Round-Up: Gove’s Gallop to the Commons
Laura Profumo delves into the latest human rights happenings. In the News: In an “exclusive” last weekend, The Independent revealed that the government is planning to “fast-track” a British Bill of...
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Court of Appeal castigates judge’s conclusion on deprivation of liberty
KW (by her litigation friend) and others v Rochdale Council (Court of Appeal) [2015] EWCA Civ 1054 – read judgment This was an appeal against a ruling by Mostyn J in the Court of Protection concerning...
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