EU Commission should draft proposal for a strong EU human rights agency
The ICJ today submitted a Memorandum to the European Commission on the establishment of a human rights agency in the European Union.
UK law lords rule against indefinite detention of foreign suspects
Indefinite detention of foreign suspects is disproportionate and discriminatory found the House of Lords on 16 December. The Lords were hearing a legal challenge against the detention, without trial, of 11 foreign nationals detained under the Anti-Terrorism Crime and...UN CAT: No room for complicity to torture in the fight against terrorist acts
The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) criticised the United Kingdom for not ensuring that evidence which may have been obtained through torture by third states is never submitted in immigration proceedings under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001....Russia – further erosions of the rule of law through the fight against terrorism
The Duma is debating a counter-terrorism draft law, introducing the legal regime of a “terrorist threat”, “terrorist operation” and “general terrorism prevention”. The law extends the authority of the armed forces for internal security and allows restrictions of...United Kingdom-Civil Partnership Act (2004)
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