United Kingdom: Experts warn Jersey authorities over money laundering...
Greater effort should be made to increase the number of money laundering convictions and confiscations in Jersey. That is the view of the Council of Europe’s Committee of Experts on the Evaluation of...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Court set for judgement on Omagh bomb human rights complaint
Later this week, Strasbourg judges will make known their ruling on a complaint concerning the 1998 Omagh bombing, the single worst atrocity of the Northern Ireland ‘Troubles.’ The European court’s...
View ArticleCourt: UK right to deprive suspected Al- Shabaab terrorist of his citizenship
Human rights judges have agreed that the United Kingdom was right to deprive a suspected terrorist of his citizenship. In its decision in the case of K2 v. the United Kingdom (application no. 42387/13)...
View ArticleIreland: ‘Troubles-era’ human rights dispute with United Kingdom reaches...
An international human rights dispute between the governments of Ireland and the United Kingdom reaches judgement day tomorrow. The European Court of Human Rights 20 March-scheduled ruling in the case...
View ArticleCourt rejects Irish request to find torture in 1978 judgment against United...
Today, the European Court of Human Rights rejected a request by Ireland to revise a 1978 ‘Troubles-era’ judgment against the United Kingdom. The Irish authorities wanted the court to find that men...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Court rejects application by parents of Alfie Evans
Earlier today, the European Court of Human Rights has declared the application Evans v. the United Kingdom (application no. 14238/18) inadmissible. The applicants are the parents of Alfie Evans, born...
View ArticleCourt backs United Kingdom in human rights row over street brawl death
Judges have rejected a complaint against the United Kingdom from a Czech woman who claims her brother, killed in a London street brawl, suffered a human rights breach. In its decision in the case of...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Court dismisses mortgage default rights complaint
A woman, thrown out of her rented home after her landlord parents defaulted on mortgage repayments, has lost her human rights fight against the United Kingdom. In its 29 November decision in the case...
View ArticleGermany: British bishop loses human rights appeal against Holocaust denial...
A United Kingdom bishop has lost his human rights battle against Germany, following his conviction for denying the Holocaust during an interview on Swedish television. In its decision in the case of...
View ArticleHuman rights judges endorse UK courts’ dismissal of royal wedding preventive...
Human rights judges have rejected ‘preventive detention’ complaints by eight people locked up by United Kingdom police ahead of a 2011 royal wedding. In its decision in the case of Eiseman-Renyard v....
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