International Law

Holy Moses the Tories unveil their secret weapon

Posted on November 14, 2008
Holy Moses the Tories unveil their secret weaponApologies to Iain Dale's DiaryIdea from JailhouselawyerPhotoshop RonKnee

Tories expel MEP over misuse of funds

Posted on November 13, 2008
Tories expel MEP over misuse of fundsAn MEP who channelled more than £500,000 of allowances into a business run by his wife and daughter has been expelled from the Conservative Party. Den Dover, who used to be the party's chief whip in Europe, was dismissed after David Cameron learnt that a European Parliament investigation had found major discrepancies in his use of allowances...

Wrongly jailed men fail to get higher compensation

Posted on November 13, 2008
Wrongly jailed men fail to get higher compensationTwo victims of high-profile "miscarriages of justice" cases lost a legal battle for increased compensation awards today.Darren Hall was wrongly imprisoned for killing Cardiff newsagent Philip Saunders, and Stephen Miller wrongly served time for the brutal murder of prostitute Lynette White...

Words fail

Posted on November 13, 2008
Words failThe unspeakable case of Baby P raises profound questions about the state of Britain today. The welfare state has created some communities with no trace of moralityHaringey Council's decision to clear itself of any wrongdoing in the appalling case of Baby P, the child who died from unspeakable injuries after as many as 60 visits from health and social workers, points to profound problems within that local authority...

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Order order

Posted on November 13, 2008
Order orderA massive brawl broke out in the Ukrainian parliament ahead of a televised state of the nation address by President Yushchenko.Video link.It is a pity that our parliamentary proceedings are so boring in comparison...

Grendon Prison to receive the Longford Prize

Posted on November 12, 2008
Grendon Prison to receive the Longford PrizeA prison which has achieved stunning results in reducing offending by dangerous and disturbed criminals ? often in the face of hostility from prison bosses ? will be honoured today for its pioneering work.Peter Bennett, its governor, said yesterday: "Grendon has survived since 1962...

PC in un-PC Jungle law row

Posted on November 12, 2008
PC in un-PC Jungle law rowA highly successful traffic officer has been sacked over an alleged racist remark after being overheard saying a suspect was being "sent back to the jungle".I don't support racism or racists. The remark may well have been mildly racist, or even black humour, in any event, I feel that the response is somewhat disproportionate to the alleged offence...

Brazilian woman killed by husband's coffin

Posted on November 12, 2008
Brazilian woman killed by husband's coffinA Brazilian woman has died after being struck by her husband's coffin when the hearse they were travelling in was involved in a car crash.Tragicomedy...

Baby P and the fascist thugs in the blogosphere

Posted on November 12, 2008
Baby P and the fascist thugs in the blogosphereI don't think there can be many people who were not shocked upon hearing about the horrific case of Baby P.Over at Comment Central there is a well written and balanced piece by Theodore Dalrymple "We can't be surprised by the death of Baby P - A lethal mixture of bureaucracy, blame culture and fear of violence blinds us to the horror that is staring us in the face"...

Ex-police officer jailed over sex abuse

Posted on November 11, 2008
Ex-police officer jailed over sex abuseA retired police officer has been jailed for four years after being convicted of a "systematic" campaign of sex abuse against two young girls.It makes you wonder when simply downloading child pornography attracts a 2 year jail term, and yet years of actual physical sexual abuse only warrants an additional 2 years? Then there is the abuse of power aspect which should have attracted a heavier penalty...

Chinese security officers jailed for fatal beating of man who filmed them

Posted on November 11, 2008
Chinese security officers jailed for fatal beating of man who filmed themA Chinese court has jailed four security officers who beat a man to death after he filmed them clashing with villagers, in a case which gained nationwide notoriety.But the family of Wei Wenhua have vowed to appeal because of their anger at the light sentences given to his assailants, who were ordered to serve between three and six years...

Talksport suspends Gaunt for Nazi jibe

Posted on November 11, 2008
Talksport suspends Gaunt for Nazi jibeHe is one of the country's most famous shock-jocks, notorious for his right-wing views, abrasive style and refusal to pull any punches in the fight against political correctness. But this time, Jon Gaunt has gone too far...

Obama to fulfil promise and shut Guantanamo

Posted on November 11, 2008
Obama to fulfil promise and shut GuantanamoAs one of his first acts in the White House, Barack Obama is preparing to move hundreds of detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison to the US where they will be given legal hearings, trials or face yet-to-be-established special terrorist courts...

When the pain of life becomes too unbearable

Posted on November 11, 2008
When the pain of life becomes too unbearableTeenager wins right to die after hospital tried to force her to have heart transplantA terminally-ill teenager has won the right to die after she was taken to court by her local hospital in an attempt to force her to have a heart transplant against her wishes...

China offers therapy to 4 million internet addicts

Posted on November 11, 2008
China offers therapy to 4 million internet addictsChinese hospitals will open special units to treat internet addiction after surveys revealed that over four million teenagers spend more than six hours a day online.There's no hope for me then, I spend up to 16 hours per day on t'internet...

Student dressed as Rambo arrested over plastic toy knife

Posted on November 11, 2008
Student dressed as Rambo arrested over plastic toy knifeA student who dressed up as Rambo for a night out with friends was arrested because his outfit included a plastic toy knife. Anthony Radley, 21, was made up as the film character played by Sylvester Stallone when he was spotted by police officers...

Blogger jailed for 20 years in Burma

Posted on November 11, 2008
Blogger jailed for 20 years in BurmaBurma has jailed a blogger for 20 years and handed down even longer sentences to other activists who criticised the regime.Nay Phone Latt, 28, was among five pro-democracy activists jailed on Monday. A former member of the detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi's opposition party, he was sentenced along with a poet, Saw Wai, who is accused of penning a secret anti-junta message in one of his works...

Campaigners fight asylum centre

Posted on November 10, 2008
Campaigners fight asylum centreA campaign group has been launched to fight plans for an asylum seeker detention centre in Oxfordshire.If it looks like a prison...

Millions 'plan heating cutbacks'

Posted on November 10, 2008
Millions 'plan heating cutbacks'More than 4.5 million elderly people in the UK will heat just one room in their home this winter to try to reduce their energy bills, a survey suggests.This rather reminds me of a prison cell. Both the government and energy companies have to take responsibility for making pensioners prisoners in a single room in their own houses...

Opinion poll: Do you believe convicted prisoners should have the vote?

Posted on November 10, 2008
Opinion poll: Do you believe convicted prisoners should have the vote?See in sidebar.The legality of the next election depends upon Parliament legislating to allow all convicted prisoners to vote.

What was Dave doing on the yacht of an Australian convict?

Posted on November 10, 2008
What was Dave doing on the yacht of an Australian convict?I know it's an old story. With a new twist in the tale. Britain used to transport convicts to our penal colony Australia. Rupert Murdoch is Australian. Australia is famous for the sun. We have The Sun in Britain...

I would echo Tim Ireland's view that Iain Dale is a pseudo-blogger

Posted on November 10, 2008
I would echo Tim Ireland's view that Iain Dale is a pseudo-bloggerMadame Gypsy Rose Dale looked into his crystal balls and murmurmed "Pity he never thought about the human right to live of the woman he killed, eh?".A clouded judgement formed by prejudice, ignorance and fear...

Question Time for Iain Dale?

Posted on November 10, 2008
Question Time for Iain Dale?"Parliament Should Decide on Prisoners' Voting Rights - Not Judges" is the headline in Iain Dale's Diary.In the sense that Parliament legislates to enfranchise citizens, then Parliament should decide on prisoners voting rights...

Man taken to court after wheelie bin falls over

Posted on November 10, 2008
Man taken to court after wheelie bin falls overA householder has been taken to court for dumping rubbish after his wheelie bin toppled over, spilling its contents. Gary Rostron, 34, a care worker, claims the bin was knocked over after he left it out for collection in March...

Monitoring the Government?s Response to Human Rights Judgments: Annual Report 2008

Posted on November 10, 2008
Monitoring the Government?s Response to Human Rights Judgments: Annual Report 2008"Prisoners? voting rights (Hirst v UK)47. Since our last Report, we have exchanged correspondence with the Ministry of Justice on the need to implement measures in response to the decision of the Grand Chamber of the ECtHR that the blanket ban on voting by prisoners in the UK is incompatible with the right to participate in free and fair elections, as guaranteed by Article 3, Protocol 1 ECHR...

Oh really O'Riley Obama is Irish

Posted on November 10, 2008
Oh really O'Riley Obama is IrishHat-Tip to Nich Starling No1 LibDem blogger

Ban on votes for prisoners is illegal, says EU

Posted on November 09, 2008
Ban on votes for prisoners is illegal, says EUHuman rights group warns that without a change in the law, Britain's next election could be invalidThe government must give prisoners the right to vote or the next general election will be illegal under European law, ministers have been warned by parliament's influential Joint Committee on Human Rights...

Remembrance Sunday

Posted on November 09, 2008
Remembrance Sunday

Jack Straw and Nick Herbert should themselves take responsibilities

Posted on November 09, 2008
Jack Straw and Nick Herbert should themselves take responsibilities Nick Herbert, the Shadow Justice Secretary, is wrong to claim that "Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Human Rights Act - legislation that was meant to embody the values that our servicemen, who we honour today, have fought and died to defend"...

Judge asks media whether to release Guantanamo Bay 'torture' evidence

Posted on November 08, 2008
Judge asks media whether to release Guantanamo Bay 'torture' evidenceA High Court judge has invited the media for advice about publishing legal evidence in a case concerning a British terror suspect held at Guantanamo Bay Binyam Mohamed, 30, an Ethiopian national and British resident, was held in Pakistan in 2002, when he was questioned by an MI5 officer...

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