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EU Seeks Security Union to Prevent Terrorism
April 27, 2016
The European Commission is seeking to build on its Agenda on Security by proposing steps toward an EU Security Union, including through bolstering the European Counter Terrorism Centre to become Europe's intelligence hub and by ramping up restrictions on terrorists' access to weapons and funds.
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CoE Publishes Action Plan on Judicial Independence
April 27, 2016
The Council of Europe ("CoE") has published a Plan of Action on Strengthening Judicial Independence and Impartiality, which calls on CoE member states to implement reforms where needed to ensure the independence of the judiciary and offers CoE support in pursuing these reforms.
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Secretary: UK Should Withdraw from the ECHR
April 26, 2016
Reasoning that the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR") "can bind the hands of Parliament" and prevents the UK from deporting dangerous nationals of foreign countries, UK Home Secretary Theresa May has called for Britain to remain in the EU but to withdraw from the ECHR.
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UK Secretary Acknowledges EU Obstacles to Border Control
April 26, 2016
As proponents of Britain's departure from the EU spotlight how the bloc's rules on free movement reduce the UK's ability to prevent criminal and terror suspects from entering the country, UK Home Secretary Theresa May argues that these rules have made it "harder," but not impossible, to control immigration.
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Cohen: Court's Breivik Decision Dilutes Human Rights
April 26, 2016
Nick Cohen writes in The Guardian that a court's holding that Norwegian authorities had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by denying mass killer Anders Breivik sufficient access to other people during his confinement must serve as a reminder that judges' definition of the extent of "human rights" should pay proper respect to democratic decision-making.
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