The Human Rights Implications Of Uk Extradition Policy

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 0108473503

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The human rights implications of UK extradition policy by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

The Joint Committee on Human Rights concludes that the current statutory framework does not provide effective protection for human rights. The rights most often relevant to extradition are: prohibition of torture; fair trial; liberty and security; private and family life; and prohibition of discrimination. The Committee calls on the Government to spell out detailed safeguards in the statutory framework. Parliament should be asked to commence the "most appropriate forum" safeguard in the Police and Criminal Justice Act 2006 and that a requirement for the requesting country to show a prima facie case or similarly robust evidential threshold should be introduced in extradition cases. The most appropriate forum safeguard would require the judge to consider whether it is in the interests of justice for the individual to be tried in the requesting country - and to refuse the extradition request if it is not. The committee also calls for negotiated changes to the European Arrest Warrant, a review of the provision of legal representation. The committee also concludes that the power of the Secretary of State to refuse extradition to non-EU countries should not be extended. The powers of the judge in an extradition case should instead ensure adequate protection of rights.

Author : Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1052252398

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The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy by Great Britain. Parliament. Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

Author : Great Britain: Home Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-17
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0101846428

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The Human Rights Implications of UK Extradition Policy by Great Britain: Home Office Pdf

Response to 15th report of session 2010-12, HL Paper 156, HC 767 (ISBN 9780108473500). Dated October 2012

Author : Katja S Ziegler,Elizabeth Wicks,Loveday Hodson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2015-10-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781509902002

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The UK and European Human Rights by Katja S Ziegler,Elizabeth Wicks,Loveday Hodson Pdf

The UK's engagement with the legal protection of human rights at a European level has been, at varying stages, pioneering, sceptical and antagonistic. The UK government, media and public opinion have all at times expressed concerns about the growing influence of European human rights law, particularly in the controversial contexts of prisoner voting and deportation of suspected terrorists as well as in the context of British military action abroad. British politicians and judges have also, however, played important roles in drafting, implementing and interpreting the European Convention on Human Rights. Its incorporation into domestic law in the Human Rights Act 1998 intensified the ongoing debate about the UK's international and regional human rights commitments. Furthermore, the increasing importance of the European Union in the human rights sphere has added another layer to the relationship and highlights the complex relationship(s) between the UK government, the Westminster Parliament and judges in the UK, Strasbourg and Luxembourg. The book analyses the topical and contentious issue of the relationship between the UK and the European systems for the protection of human rights (ECHR and EU) from doctrinal, contextual and comparative perspectives and explores factors that influence the relationship of the UK and European human rights.

Author : Richard Stone
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780198701552

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Textbook on Civil Liberties and Human Rights by Richard Stone Pdf

Written primarily for students, this textbook will also be of interest to anyone who is concerned about restrictions on individual freedom. The author assesses the impact of the Human Rights Act 1998 and the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Author : Clive Nicholls QC,Clive Nicholls,Clare Montgomery QC,Clare Montgomery,Julian B. Knowles,Julian B. Knowles QC,Anand Doobay,Mark Summers
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 877 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199692811

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Nicholls, Montgomery, and Knowles on The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance by Clive Nicholls QC,Clive Nicholls,Clare Montgomery QC,Clare Montgomery,Julian B. Knowles,Julian B. Knowles QC,Anand Doobay,Mark Summers Pdf

Nicholls, Montgomery, and Knowles on The Law of Extradition and Mutual Assistance provides a comprehensive and analytical treatment of the laws covering the extradition and mutual assistance agreements, as well as international mutual assistance. Provides extensive treatment of both extradition and mutual assistance in one text.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-03-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215043642

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The US-UK extradition treaty by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Home Affairs Committee Pdf

US-UK extradition Treaty : Twentieth report of session 2010-12, Vol. 1: Report, together with formal minutes, oral and written Evidence

Author : Lieve Gies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-11
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781317950585

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Mediating Human Rights by Lieve Gies Pdf

Drawing on social-legal, cultural and media theory, this book is one of the first to examine the media politics of human rights. It examines how the media construct the story of human rights, investigating what lies behind the apparent media hostility to human rights and what has become of the original ambition to establish a human rights culture. The human rights regime has been high on the political agenda ever since the Human Rights Act 1998 was enacted. Often maligned in sections of the press, the legislation has entered popular folklore as shorthand for an overbearing government, an overzealous judiciary and exploitative claimants. This book examines a range of significant factors in the mediation of human rights, including: Euroscepticism, the war on terror, the digital reordering of the media landscape, , press concerns about an emerging privacy law and civil liberties. Mediating Human Rights is a timely exploration of the relationship between law, politics and media. It will be of immense interest to those studying and researching across Law, Media Studies, Human Rights, and Politics.

Author : Asif Efrat
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-01-03
Category : Conflict of laws
ISBN : 9780197658895

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Intolerant Justice by Asif Efrat Pdf

"Intolerant Justice examines how national legal systems handle dilemmas of international cooperation: Should our citizens stand trial in foreign courts that do not meet our standards? Should we extradite offenders to countries with a poor human rights record? Should we enforce rulings issued by foreign judges whose values are different from our own? This book argues that ethnocentrism - the human tendency to divide the world into superior in-groups and inferior out-groups - fuels fear and mistrust of foreign justice and sparks domestic political controversies: while skeptics portray foreign legal systems as a danger and threat, others dismiss these concerns. The book traces this dynamic in a range of cases, including the American hesitation to allow criminal trials of troops in the courts of NATO countries; the debate over the proper venue for trying Europeans who joined ISIS as foreign fighters; the dilemma of extradition to China; the British debate over extradition to the U.S. and the EU; the European wariness toward U.S. civil judgments; the American-British divide over free speech and libel suits; the establishment of mutual legal assistance treaties; and cooperation against child abduction. Despite the growing role of law and courts in international politics, Intolerant Justice suggests that cooperation among legal systems often meets resistance - and it shows how this resistance can be overcome"--

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : Stationery Office
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0108550982

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Human rights of unaccompanied children and young people in the UK by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

In 2012 around 1,200 unaccompanied migrant children sought asylum in the UK, and around 2,150 unaccompanied migrant children were being cared for by local authorities. The Committee heard evidence of the range of issues that unaccompanied migrant children face during their time in the country. Children who had often faced traumatic journeys, many of whom are fleeing violence or who have been subject to abuse and exploitation, faced intensive interviews on arrival for which there were too rarely interpreting facilities available. There was also evidence of children being placed in inappropriate accommodation facilities without suitably trained staff to provide support, which was a point of particular anxiety where children were victims of trafficking. Concerns were also expressed about the educational services provided, with delays in enrolment due to documentation and too little development as language skills improved. These concerns built upon those expressed in a recent inquiry by Members of both Houses regarding destitution and inadequate support. The Committee concludes that, despite the rights to protection and support owed to those children by the UK under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, immigration concerns are too often given priority. The report calls for a change in emphasis to put the best interests of such children at the heart of the often complex and stressful asylum and immigration processes affecting them.

Author : Brice Dickson
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2013-03-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780191655869

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Human Rights and the United Kingdom Supreme Court by Brice Dickson Pdf

How does the UK Supreme Court approach human rights law? This book presents the first comprehensive overview of the human rights jurisprudence of the Court, analysing the opinions expressed by the current Justices and their predecessors, both judicially and extra-judicially. It criticizes the judges for not developing the common law in a way which supplements the Human Rights Act, for not making imaginative enough use of that Act, and for adopting an attitude to Convention rights which is often out of step with the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. After setting the scene by explaining the constraints which are placed on the Supreme Court Justices, the book considers how human rights are conceptualized by the Court in general and how in particular the procedural questions thrown up by the Human Rights Act have been dealt with so far. It then examines on a right-by-right basis the Justices' position on all the Convention rights and those additional international human rights standards which have been incorporated into UK law. Focusing on the views expressed by individual judges, the book details the many differences of opinion which have come to light and characterizes the prevailing positions, before attempting to predict what stance may be adopted in future on new issues. The book offers an invaluable resource for any practitioners bringing human rights cases before the Court, and its critical arguments on the state of UK human rights law will be essential reading for all academics working in European human rights law.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0215048385

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Sessional Returns by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons Pdf

On cover and title page: House, committees of the whole House, general committees and select committees

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-13
Category : Law
ISBN : 0108551636

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House of Lords - House of Commons - Joint Committee on Human Rights: The Implications for Access to Justice of the Government's Proposals to Reform Legal Aid - HL 100 - HC 766 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

The report The Implications For Access To Justice Of The Government's Proposals To Reform Legal Aid (HL100, HC 766) concludes that the government should reconsider its proposals for the reform of legal aid. The government has so far made welcome exemptions to its proposed residence test in the light of responses to its consultation, but the Committee is still not satisfied that the proposed test will not affect vulnerable groups. While accepting that it is legitimate for the government to introduce a residence test for civil legal aid and to restrict the scope of prison law funding, the Committee calls for more and broader exemptions from these proposals to avoid breaches of the fundamental right of effective access to justice in individual cases. The exceptional funding framework may not be working as intended and could therefore leave certain groups unable to access legal aid when human rights law requires it. The proposal to remove cases with

Author : Federico Fabbrini,Vicki C. Jackson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2016-06-29
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781784715397

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Constitutionalism Across Borders in the Struggle Against Terrorism by Federico Fabbrini,Vicki C. Jackson Pdf

This edited collection explores the topic of constitutionalism across borders in the struggle against terrorism, analyzing how constitutional rules and principles relevant in the field of counter-terrorism move across borders. Various chapters underline how constitution-like norms consolidate at the level of international and supranational organizations as a limit to the exercise of public power in the field of counter-terrorism policy, especially counter-terrorism financing. Other chapters examine the extraterritorial application of constitutional rights and the migration of constitutional norms – or anti-constitutional practices – from one state to another. Still others consider how transnational cooperation between states in areas such as intelligence gathering and data sharing may call for updating domestic constitutional law rules or for new international law compacts entrenching rights across borders. What emerges is a picture of the complex interplay of constitutional law, international law, criminal law and the law of war, creating webs of norms and regulations that apply in the struggle against terrorism conducted across increasingly porous borders. The book will be of particular interest to academics and graduate or postgraduate students working in the fields of constitutional law, international law, human rights, comparative law and national security law. It may also be of interest to practitioners concerned with national security, counter-terrorism, and related questions of individual rights.

Author : Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights
Publisher : The Stationery Office
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0108551385

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House of Lords - House of Commons - Joint Committee on Human Rights: Legislative Scrutiny: Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill - HL 61 - HC 755 by Great Britain: Parliament: Joint Committee on Human Rights Pdf

While it accepts that there may be a pressing need to reform non-party campaigning, the report Legislative Scrutiny: Transparency Of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning And Trade Union Administration Bill (HL 61, HC 755) calls on the Government to pause the passage of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill to allow for further scrutiny and for further consultation with the Electoral Commission, the Commission on Civil Society and Democratic Engagement and relevant stakeholders. The report recommends that there be more careful consideration of the potential impact on campaigners' rights to free speech and freedom of association. The Committee welcomes the Government improvements made to Part 2 during its passage though the Commons, but suggest that concerns remain. The Joint Committee express concerns regarding: the lack of clarity about the practical effects of the provision in this Part of t