Scottish Human Rights Law Group

R (on the application of BINYAM MOHAMED) v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN & COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS (2010)

This appeal was based on Binyam Mohamed’s request for disclosure by the UK government of documentation and information, so as to assist his defence against charges which he anticipated would be brought against him by the US.Important legal issues arise from the working relationship …

Lords 1st Reading: 19.11.2009; 2nd Reading: 5.2.2010. A Bill to repeal the European Communities Act 1972 and the Human Rights Act 1998; to introduce binding referendum powers at national and local level; to require the approval of Parliament to enter into international treaties and to declare war; to make provision about the work of Parliament; to devolve legislative responsibility for …

Jim Murdoch (University of Glasgow)
European Human Rights Law Review E.H.R.L.R. (2010) No.1 Pages 26-46
Examines the utilisation of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), as experienced by individuals, non-government organisations and the disposal of communications by the CEDAW Committee. Provides an overview of the Optional Protocol, with reference to areas …

[2010] EWHC 168 (Admin)
The Secretary of State for the Home Department was entitled to rely on an assurance given by the authorities of Trinidad and Tobago that an individual, whose extradition had been ordered, would immediately be held in a prison that complied with his rights under the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.3 so that the secretary of …

Held that the Terrorism (United Nations Measures) Order 2006