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Judge: ECtHR Judgments Do Not Bind U.K. Courts
May 27, 2015
Lord Justice Leveson of the U.K. Queen's Bench Division has argued that although U.K. judges initially looked upon judgments from the European Court of Human Rights (“ECtHR”) as binding, they have more recently understood that they are not required to follow these precedents.
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New U.K. Migrant Rules Require EU Reform
May 27, 2015
Pawel Swidlicki of Open Europe writes that in order to achieve his goal of reducing migration from the EU, U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron must convince EU and other national leaders that the bloc’s free movement principle must take into account an array of benefits systems.
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Observers Criticize EU Plans to Halt Migration
May 27, 2015
The International Business Times reports that a group of experts and government officials have argued that the EU plan to halt illegal migration to Europe through Libya by destroying the boats of smugglers on Libyan shores is unlikely to solve the migration problem.
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Heartfield: ECHR-Based Act Has Not Protected Rights in U.K.
May 27, 2015
Author James Heartfield argues that the U.K.’s implementation of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”) through its Human Rights Act restricted human rights in the U.K. by giving the responsibility of rights protection to a judiciary with limited, procedure-based authority.
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Ministers Adopt CoE Protocol on Terrorism
May 27, 2015
Foreign ministers from countries across Europe have adopted a legally binding protocol to the Council of Europe’s (“CoE”) convention on the prevention of terrorism that requires countries to carry out measures to prevent terrorist radicalization and training.
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