Tag: Article 3 ECHR
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Veronika Fikfak: ECHR Reform: A Danger of Contagion in Relation to Article 3
On Wednesday 10 December, which is also Human Rights Day, Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe will meet in Strasbourg to discuss how the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) should be reformed. A group of states will lead the drafting efforts, with a new interpretative declaration expected to be ready by May…
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Colin Harvey: Who ‘Deserves’ to be a Refugee?
Does ‘status’ really matter? In the global age of human rights it seems that being a ‘person’ is all that should count. Human rights apply to everyone. As we know, from recent political debates in the UK (noted here by Gavin Phillipson), this includes terrorist suspects. Successive UK governments, and Prime Ministers, have expressed frustration…