Human rights have a bad rap, at least in certain circles. They are criticised for perniciously affecting law and order, hindering the UK’s attempts to control its borders and generally benefitting the unworthy. A notable example, that occurred in the course of the UK Parliament bringing human rights into domestic law for the first time, […]
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On 25 June 2024 Julian Assange left Belmarsh Prison and began the journey back to his native Australia. A deal between the US and Assange was reached whereby he pled guilty to one count of conspiring to obtain and disclose classified US national defence information under Title 18 of the US Code in return for
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The hostility that recent UK governments have shown towards human rights continues unabated. Indeed, it is increasing. It has been manifested in a number of ways. The origins of the antipathy can be traced to certain judgments of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Notable here are Hirst v UK and Al-Skeini v UK.
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Every year a guest speaker from the Government Legal Service for Scotland is invited to give a presentation on an aspect of constitutional law to students on the undergraduate Constitutional law module at RGU Law School. This year our guest speaker was Fraser Gough whose presentation was entitled, ‘An Overview of the protection of human
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In April 1940, a series of massacres took place in the forests of western USSR. Collectively known as the Katyn Massacre, it involved the mass murder of around 22,000 Polish army officers and intellectuals. Responsibility for these murders was denied until 1990 when, during glasnost, it was acknowledged that the USSR had ordered the killings.
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