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EU Agencies Develop Asylum Rights Training Module
March 17, 2016
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights ("FRA") has announced that, with EU member states and the EU border agency Frontex, it is supporting the European Asylum Support Office's development of a "module" that will seek to train border officials on how to respect the fundamental rights of asylum seekers.
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Bolton: Brexit Would Strengthen UK-US Relationship
March 16, 2016
Former US Ambassador to the UN John Bolton asserts that Britain's departure from the EU could immediately promote "a more coherent and effective Western security posture globally" as the country strengthens ties with its American counterparts and loosens ties with a weak EU.
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UK Serial Killer Claims Isolated Imprisonment Violates ECHR
March 16, 2016
The Daily Mail reports that convicted serial killer Joanna Dennehy is seeking compensation from the British government because the impact of her segregated confinement in prison, due to a planned breakout attempt, violated the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR").
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Norway Mass Killer: Solitary Confinement Violates ECHR
March 16, 2016
A convicted mass killer is suing the Norwegian government over the conditions of his imprisonment, arguing that his solitary confinement and other treatment violates the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR").
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Iceland PM: UK Has Diminishing Influence in EU
March 10, 2016
According to The Telegraph, the Prime Minister of Iceland Sigmundur Gunnlaugsson has warned that, in an EU where Germany increasingly controls the direction of policy, Britain is losing influence and would be unable to push market-friendly reforms through the EU institutions if it chooses to remain in the bloc.
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