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Only two weeks after Djoubaye made the accusations of war crimes and human rights violations public, the CAR’s National Assembly issued a public letter of thanks for the “interventions of the Russian contingent alongside our forces” in retaking the regions occupied by “terrorists,” along wit...
Another complication is that the government has signalled they do not currently intend to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights. This would mean an asylum seeker would still be able to take their claim to court in Strasbourg, which would then make its own judgment ...
The senior Cabinet minister also made clear his reservations about any move to leave the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), which is advocated by Tory right-wingers who see it as a major barrier to ending Channel crossings. Mr Sunak has pledged not to let a “foreign c...
“We also call on Rwanda to immediately cease support for the UN- and US-sanctioned M23 armed group, which the Group of Experts has documented committing multiple violations of international humanitarian law and human rights abuses, including rapes and summary executions of civilians.” ...
And despite his own criticism of the European Court of Human Rights, the peer said the bill "won't work internationally", as it would "still be a breach of the government's international law obligations". The Lords can delay the bill and send it back to the Commons for ch...
“His release would conclude a case that has highlighted Rwanda’s blatant disregard for international norms when it seeks to target people deemed an enemy of the state — even those far beyond their border”, Lewis Mudge, central Africa director at Human Rights Watch, told AFP. US Secr...
In November 2023, the U.K. Supreme Court ruled the program was unlawful and violated the European Convention on Human Rights, because it said genuine refugees would be at risk of being deported back to their home countries, where they could face harm. The judgment also cited concerns with R...
Braverman’s case “failed to pay proper consideration to UNCHR evidence”, according to the judge and he said the Court thought this “was a mistake”. “Rwanda has a poor human rights record,” the judge said, listing how the government had carried out extrajudicial killings and torture. ...
The judgment summary said sending asylum-seekers to Rwanda would breach the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). But the statement added that the court’s decision “implies no view whatever about the political merits or otherwise of the Rwanda policy.” British Home Sec...