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Detention by British forces in Iraq did not breach constitutional rights
Al Jedda V Secretary Of State For Defence [2010] EWCA Civ 758 – Read judgment The Court of Appeal has found that there was no breach of the “essence” of a right guaranteed under the Iraqi Constitution...
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European Convention on Human Rights applied in Basrah, UK failed duties to...
Al-Skeini v. United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber (Application no. 55721/07) - Read judgment / press release Al-Jedda v. the UK (Application No. 27021/08)- Read judgment /...
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Strasbourg judge: “Those who export war ought to see to the parallel export...
Updated | The legal blogs have been busy reporting on this morning’s important decisions of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda – see my post. There has...
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War, power and control: the problem of jurisdiction
The decisions by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda, handed down last Thursday, have generally been hailed as leap forward for human rights protection. We...
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Al-Skeini may open door to more war claims
The recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment in Al-Skeini will certainly enter the Court’s hall of fame as a landmark judgment for pushing the boundaries of the European Convention on...
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Chagossians hit the buffers in Strasbourg – but not over yet
Chagos Islanders v. United Kingdom, ECtHR 4th Section, 11 December 2012 read admissibility decision The set of injustices which led to these claims is well known – and see my posts here and here. For...
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