United Kingdom: Two terrorism suspects win appeal against deportation to Libya
On 27 April, the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) blocked the deportation of two Libyans after concluding that the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the UK Government with Libya and other assurances against torture given by Libya did not offer...Belgium-Lois tendant à lutter contre la discrimination (2007)
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“The widening gyre: counter-terrorism, human rights and the Rule of Law” – a lecture by Justice Chaskalson
Text of a lecture given by Justice Arthur Chaskalson, President of the International Commission of Jurists and Chair of the Eminent Jurists Panel at the Faculty of Law in Cambridge on Friday 11 May 2007, as the Seventh Sir David Williams Lecture.
The lecture was entitled: “The Widening Gyre: Counter-Terrorism, Human Rights and the Rule of Law”.
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European Union – United States Summit: set clear plan of action to close Guantánamo
At their summit in Washington DC, European leaders must press the United States government to take steps to end the unlawful detentions at Guantánamo Bay, leading human rights groups said today.
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