Archivo de Etiquetas: United Kingdom

Diplomatic Assurances, Torture and Extradition: The Case of Othman (Abu Qatada) v. the United Kingdom Conor McCarthy is Visiting Fellow at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. The European Court of Human Rights has handed down its long-awaited judgment in the case of Othman (Abu Qatada) v. the …

ARGENTINE — CHILE FRONTIER CASE [1] PARTIES: Argentine, Chile COMPROMIS: Agreement of 1st April, 1965 [2] ARBITRATOR: Elizabeth II, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [3] AWARD: 9 December, 1966 REPORT OF THE COURT OF ARBITRATION: 24 November, 1966 Delimitation of certain portions of the …

Application for Arrest Warrant Against General Shaul Mofaz, First instance, unreported (Bow Street Magistrates’ Court) 12 February 2004 Source: International Law in Domestic Courts 1.  Introduction 1   This is an application for an arrest warrant against General Shaul Mofaz on behalf of the families and relatives affected by what is …

Alconbury [2001] UKHL 23; [2001] 2 All ER 929 (9th May, 2001) HOUSE OF LORDS Lord Slynn of Hadley Lord Nolan Lord Hoffmann Lord Hutton Lord Clyde OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE REGINA v SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT AND THE REGIONS …

HOUSE OF LORDS SESSION 2006-07 [2007] UKHL 26 on appeal from: [2005] EWCA Civ 1609 OPINIONS OF THE LORDS OF APPEAL FOR JUDGMENT IN THE CAUSE Al-Skeini and others (Respondents) v. Secretary of State for Defence (Appellant) Al-Skeini and others (Appellants) v. Secretary of State for Defence (Respondent) (Consolidated Appeals) …

CASE OF AL-ADSANI v. THE UNITED KINGDOM (Application no. 35763/97) JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 21 November 2001 In the case of Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom, The European Court of Human Rights, Delivers the following judgment, which was adopted on the last-mentioned date: THE FACTS THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE CASE A.    The …

By Tim Shipman and Ian Drury Military chiefs are dusting off their plans for the defence of the  Falklands after South American countries banned ships from the islands docking in their ports. Sources fear Prince William’s six-month deployment to the South Atlantic as an air-sea rescue pilot next year could …

Falklands boat ban sparks UK-Argentina row Kirchner accuses Britain of taking Argentina’s resources after South American trading bloc bans boats with islands’ flag The Argentinian president has accused Britain of taking her country’s resources and ignoring UN resolutions, as the Foreign Office condemned a move by a South American trading …

OPINION 2/94 OF THE COURT 28 March 1996 (Accession by the Community to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms) The Court of Justice has received a request for an Opinion, lodged at the Registry of the Court on 26 April 1994, from the Council …

5 DECEMBER 2011 JUDGMENT APPLICATION OF THE INTERIM ACCORD OF 13 SEPTEMBER 1995 (THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA v. GREECE) Chronology of the procedure I. Introduction Jurisdiction of the Court and admissibility of the Application 23-61 Whether the dispute is excluded from the Court’s jurisdiction under the terms of …

Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Treaties: An Overview I am very grateful for the opportunity to discuss my book on EJIL: Talk! and Opinio Juris, as am I grateful to the commentators on both blogs for taking the time to read and discuss it. In this introductory post I’ll try …

Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda in StrasbourgI’ve posted on SSRN an article which will be published in the EJIL next year on Al-Skeini and Al-Jedda before the European Court of Human Rights. The pre-print draft will be available on SSRN until the article comes out in the Journal. The abstract is below, …