On 6 December 2018, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe closed the supervision of the […]
Hirst v UK (No.2)
The Hirst (No 2) v United Kingdom judgment has proven to be one of the most contentious of […]
Editors’ note: The blog is inviting constitutional lawyers to comment on the UK Government’s proposal to repeal and replace the […]
As is well known to readers of this blog, the issue of prisoner voting has been a long […]
This blog does not intend to rehearse the merits of the prisoners’ voting rights saga. In principle it […]
As is well known, in Hirst v UK (No 2) the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human […]
Whether prisoners should have the right to vote has been the subject of intense political debate in the […]
The relationship between the UK and the European Court of Human Rights is once again in the news. […]