| Topic: | Re:Philippe Sands on International Law - a very relevant lecture | |
| Posted by: | Jonathan Callaway | |
| Date/Time: | 09/03/26 17:43:00 |
| Back to topic. For Steven's benefit, though anyone interested in looking at the legal issues around the use of human rights protections in deportation cases might wish to click here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09-04-misrepresentations-around-human-rights-and-immigration-fuelling-calls-quit-echr This article is a commentary on a report analysing the widespread mis-reporting of the legal position that has contributed to calls for the UK to leave the ECHR. The full report is here: https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2025-09/European%20Convention%20on%20Human%20Rights%20and%20Immigration%20Control%20in%20the%20UK_4%20Sept%202025.pdf Plenty of reading for those interested enough! Here's a bit more ("3 minutes reading time") on the EHCR, from Chatham House. Written in 2023 but still valid despite references to Rishi Sunak as PM (remember him?). Their concern focuses on the implications for the Good Friday Agreement. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2023/03/uk-must-not-sleepwalk-leaving-echr Starmer has announced a review of the ECHR and/or the HRA but that review seems not to have got very far as yet. A Guardian view is here: https://www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec/09/starmer-urges-europe-leaders-update-echr-halt-rise-far-right |