It is difficult to celebrate our 30th anniversary: after all, we exist because torture exists.
But we do want to use this year to highlight the magnificent achievements of our founders, staff, volunteers - and, above all, survivors of torture who continue on the path to rehabilitation.…
By Guy Ryder, ILO, and Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, OHCHR,
Joint statement by ILO Director-General, Guy Ryder, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, on the occasion of International Migrants Day 18 December 2014
There are more international migrants today than at any other time in human history. As…
The SSHD accepted that the treatment of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community in Jamaica amounted to persecution as defined by the Refugee Convention. For example, acts of gay intimacy are illegal and punishable by up to 10 years of hard labour, and lesbians are routinely…
The CJEU's judgment in the case of A, B and C is due by the end of the year. Ahead of the expected judgment, this post recaps the opinion handed down by Advocate General Sharpston in July.
In February 2014 The Guardian published details of the lines of questioning used by the UK Home…
R (on the application of FI) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2014] EWCA Civ 1272
The Court of Appeal has held that the physical restraint of persons being removed from the UK by aircraft is subject to a sufficient framework of safeguards to fulfil the state's…
By Jeremy Chipperfield, UK Visa and Immigration Blog,
European Union law facilitates the free movement of its citizens within its borders, allowing European Treaty rights to be exercised anywhere in that area. Being no great fan of Europe, foreigners, or of free movement into UK borders, UK governments have not always been keen to play the…
Brick Court Chambers Public Law Event 2014: Is it time for the common law to break free from Europe?
Last night's discussion at Gray's Inn Hall featured a panel with Dominic Grieve QC MP (formerly Attorney General), Lord Judge (formerly Lord Chief Justice), Bella Sankey (Policy…
This summer, some of the editors of the UKSC Blog were invited to the UKSC to meet and interview Lord Neuberger.
Upon arrival we were taken to his office and offered cups of coffee and croissants. Notwithstanding the fact that the UKSC's President had a busy day in court ahead, he was…
A week before Scotland goes to the polls, the outcome of the independence referendum seems too close to call. But what could be its implications for immigration policy?
Next Thursday's independence referendum has galvanised the population of Scotland, leading to hot debate over the…
Here's a round-up of some of the UK's biggest news in the past few weeks.
1. The Office for National Statistics reported net migration increased by 39% over the previous 12 months, ending March 2014.
2. MP Douglass Carswell defected to the UK Independence Party.
3. ManUtd signed…
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