As we await David Cameron's sovereignty plan this week, it might help to explain what we mean by "Parliamentary sovereignty". When we talk about Parliamentary sovereignty, we don't mean a general notion of political sovereignty—a nation's right to be recognised [...]
In yesterday’s judgment on 1,015 “legacy” applications, the European Court of Human Rights ruled once again that the legislative bar on prisoners' voting breaches article 3 of the first protocol to the European Convention. That result was predictable given the Court’s [...]
The Conservative debate on human rights is "very far from over", Dominic Grieve told an audience of lawyers last night, as he strongly criticised his party's recent policy paper – saying he was not sure a key aspect of it [...]
It's no surprise that the Supreme Court has today unanimously dismissed appeals by two prisoners who wanted various remedies under the Human Rights Act and EU law for being denied the vote in Parliamentary, local, Scottish Parliament and European election. [...]
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the system of "whole life orders", whereby in England and Wales a mandatory life sentence may be imposed and the possibility of early release denied under section 269(4) of the Criminal [...]
In his Kingsland memorial lecture last night, hosted by Policy Exchange, the former justice minister Nick Herbert MP argued that Britain should "leave the jurisdiction" of the European Court of Human Rights. This was an argument he trailed in a piece [...]
It's well known that the government faces a problem when it comes to prisoners' votes. On the one hand, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in the Hirst case in 2005 that the UK's general disenfranchisement of all serving [...]
This case involved Italy, not Britain - but nonetheless today's judgment of the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights, about prisoner's rights to vote, represents a small but significant victory for the British government. The Court has [...]
In today's Independent, President of the European Court of Human Rights Sir Nicolas Bratza defends the record of his court, and effectively pleads for more understanding in Britain. The European Court, he says has been particularly respectful of decisions emanating [...]
Today the Times is running a (£) story headlined: Cameron is cleared to defy Europe on human rights The story is based on an eight-page memo prepared for Nick Clegg that Sam Coates has published on Twitter: [blackbirdpie url="[blackbirdpie url="http://twitter.com/SamCoatesTimes/status/38568272400097280"] [...]