Second Strike and You are (Finally) Out? The Israeli Supreme Court quashes (again) the Prevention of Infiltration Law
On 22 September 2014, the Israeli Supreme Court sitting as a High Court of Justice quashed in a 217-page judgment (HCJ 8425/13 Anon v. Knesset et al, full text in...
Hounga v Allen: Trojan Horse Comes to the Rescue of ‘Illegal’ Migrants
In Hounga v Allen [2014] UKSC 47 the Supreme Court took the opportunity to overrule one of the most controversial Court of Appeal decisions on employment rights in recent times,...
Gays: a Prohibited Class in CARICOM?
In the western hemisphere, only 11 Caribbean states still criminalize private consensual adult same-gender intimacy. Among these countries, Belize and Trinidad and Tobago also ban the entry of homosexuals. In...
Internally Displaced Persons in Ukraine
Well over 300,000 people have been displaced from their homes due to the ongoing violence in Ukraine. We have seen two waves: the first displacement from the south of Ukraine...
Ángel: migrante afro hondureño torturado y encarcelado en México
Imagine que usted es padre de dos hijos en Honduras y está desesperado por encontrar un trabajo que le permita pagar el tratamiento médico de uno de ellos, de 7...
Angel: Afro-Honduran migrant tortured and imprisoned in Mexico
Imagine that you are a father of two in Honduras and are in desperate need of a job allowing you to pay for medical treatment for your seven-year-old son, who...
Migrants’ Voting at the Local Level is a Human Right
According to a recent study, only 15 of the 28 EU member states allow categories of resident migrants (‘third country nationals’) to participate in local elections. Four of these states...
European Legal Aid in a Domestic Framework – Part Two
As hinted in yesterday’s post, under section 4 of LASPO, The Lord Chancellor provided guidance on how to decide exceptional case funding applications made to the Legal Aid Agency. The...
A European Right to Legal Aid? Part One
A key aspect of the Government’s reform agenda regarding civil legal aid is the restriction, set out in Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act...
Campsfield Immigration Removal Centre: 20 Years Too Long
Campsfield House, an immigration removal centre in Kidlington run by Mitie for profit, is now in its 20th year of operation. Twenty years of detention without trial, without time limit,...
“British Schindler” and a History of Neglect of Refugee Children
Sir Nicholas Winton celebrated his 105th birthday at the Czech embassy in London this past May. Guests included members of the Winton family, friends, and members of his other family,...
Implementation of Tripartite Agreement on Hold
As host to the largest Somali refugee population in the world, it is little wonder that Kenya’s shoulders have grown weary of carrying a burden which, in terms of numbers,...
