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The Latest European Court of Human Rights Ruling on Accountability for Torture

In another important decision on European participation in the US war on terrorism, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) issued a judgment late last month against Italy for…
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The European Court of Human Rights Constrains Mass Surveillance (Again)

In a decision that may someday be considered the penultimate nail in the coffin that European courts have been building for mass surveillance, the European Court of Human Rights…
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European Human Rights Court Deals a Heavy Blow to the Lawfulness of Bulk Surveillance

In a seminal decision updating and consolidating its previous jurisprudence on surveillance, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights took a sideways swing at mass…
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10 Questions about the UK Spying on Amnesty International

Yesterday, the UK’s Investigatory Powers Tribunal informed Amnesty International that British intelligence agency GCHQ had spied on the human rights organization by intercepting…
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Britain’s Al-Saadoon Case: A Matter of Human Rights Law and the use of Military Force Overseas

In March, the High Court of Justice of England and Wales found that the United Kingdom’s obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) can be activated extraterritorially…
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European Court of Human Rights Rules on Amnesty and Double Jeopardy

On May 27th, the European Court of Human Rights ruled on one of the more contentious issues in the international criminal law and transitional justice sphere; namely whether political…
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Jones: End of the road

Yesterday, June 3, the Grand Chamber issued a notice “Grand Chamber Panel’s Decisions” which notes that a request for referral to the Grand Chamber has been rejected in the…
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Assessing Serdar Mohammed through the Prism of Derogation and Detention

Last week the High Court of England and Wales, per Mr Justice Leggatt, delivered a comprehensive judgment in Serdar Mohammed v. Ministry of Defence [2014] EWHC 1369 (QB). The case…
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Legal Action Taken to Expose Denmark’s Role in US Targeted Killing Program

As reported in today’s Just Security Roundup, news this morning out of Denmark is that the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI) is pursuing a potential suite of legal actions…
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Consequences of the Fact-Based Armed Conflict Test in Yemen’s Internal Armed Conflict

Ryan’s recent post about ongoing “drone strikes” in Yemen raises an issue that has troubled me for quite some time from a legal, policy, and advocacy perspective. In the…
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Considering Jones v. UK Requires Reflection Not Knee-Jerk Reactions

Jones v. United Kingdom was handed down by the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on Tuesday. It has already elicited a considerable amount of adverse commentary (here and…
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European Court of Human Rights to Torture Victims: Get Lost

In a disappointing decision yesterday (Jones v. United Kingdom), the European Court of Human Rights upheld the immunity of states and state officials from civil suits for torture…
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