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Impact of immigration changes on human rights
The Government has announced changes to the Immigration Rules for family migration as part of its programme of reform of the migration routes. These changes are due to come into effect in July 2012.As part of these changes, the Government intends to end the situation where those claiming the right… Read more ...Right to information during criminal proceedings
A new European law has been published in the EU's statute book that will ensure defendants' right to information during criminal proceedings throughout the European Union. EU Member States now have two years to introduce the new rules in their national legal systems."We now have in place another central pillar… Read more ...UN reviews Britain's human rights record
The UN Human Rights Council has issued the UK’s latest human rights “report card.” Sixty-one countries commended the UK’s ongoing commitment to human rights but made recommendations for improvements, reports the Equality and Human Rights Commission.The UN’s 132 recommendations encourage the UK to strengthen human rights protection for vulnerable individuals… Read more ...EU-wide protection from stalkers
Victims of stalking, harassment or abduction who are granted protection in one EU Member State could get fully equivalent protection if they move to another under new rules approved by the European Parliament's Legal Affairs and Women's Rights committees.Under the new rules, any victim of gender violence, abduction or aggression… Read more ...Supreme Court rules on Assange extradition appeal
The Supreme Court has given its ruling in the case of Julian Assange v Swedish Prosecution Authority.Mr Assange is the subject of a request for extradition by the Swedish Prosecuting Authority for the purposes of an investigation into alleged offences of sexual molestation and rape. A European Arrest Warrant (EAW… Read more ...European court clarifies grounds for deportation of EU citizens
The Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified the grounds on which an EU citizen can be deported for committing a crime, even if they have lived for over ten years in the host Member State.A host Member State can take a decision to deport an EU citizen… Read more ...ECHR rules on prisoner voting
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has given its judgment on the issue of prisoner voting, saying that it is up to Member States to decide how to regulate the ban on prisoners voting, but that an automatic and indiscriminate disenfranchisement of all serving prisoners, irrespective of the nature… Read more ...UK businesses must ‘stamp out slave trade’
UK businesses will be required to disclose all their efforts to end slavery, under a Bill launched in Parliament.The Transparency in Supply Chains Bill, drafted by the Centre for Social Justice and Labour MP Fiona MacTaggart, will demand that businesses investigate whether their supply chains are slave-free.As part of landmark… Read more ...New agency to fight organised crime
The Government has recently published its proposed Crime and Courts Bill, which will establish the National Crime Agency as a powerful body of operational crime fighters who will make sure serious criminals and organised gangs are tracked down and brought to justice.Organised crime costs the public between £20 billion and… Read more ...