Extradition of four individuals could violate human rights as Westminster Magistrates Court rules no effective monitoring of Russian prisons
The Chief Magistrate has ruled that there is no effective independent monitoring of Russian prisons, which has resulted in discharging four individuals facing extradition. The Senior District judge found that there was a real risk of violating the individual’s rights under Article 3 of the European Court of Human Rights if they were extradited due […]
Professor Christian Tams co-edits Oxford Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice
Professor Christian Tams has co-edited the Oxford Commentary on the Statute of the International Court of Justice, a leading work on proceedings before the World Court. Now in its 3rd edition, the launch was celebrated with a panel debate featuring Judge Joan Donoghue of the ICJ, Professor André Nollkaemper and the two editors (Professor Christian […]
European Court of Human Rights rules against United Kingdom in ‘Bedroom Tax’ case
Joint press release from Hopkin Murray Beskine, Matrix Chambers and Doughty Street. Today the European Court of Human Rights has ruled, in the case of A v the United Kingdom, that the so called ‘bedroom tax’ unlawfully discriminates against vulnerable victims of domestic violence. The application to the European Court of Human Rights was brought […]
IBA Seoul – Angeline Welsh moderating session on ‘Hot topics in international arbitration’
Angeline Welsh is moderating the ‘Hot topics in international arbitration’ session on Thursday 26th September at this year’s International Bar Association’s Annual Conference in Seoul. The session will look at issues including: the approach of public international law to domestic court judgments as they arise for consideration in international arbitration; the work of the UNCITRAL […]
Hugh Southey QC speaking on ‘Stateless children: orphanage tourism – rights of the child’ at the IBA Seoul
Hugh Southey QC is delivering at the International Bar Association’s annual conference in Seoul on Thursday 26th September on the difficulties faced in modern families when children are born outside the ‘traditional’ family structures. The panel considers the plight of children removed from their families and placed into orphanages. In some cases, the children are […]