Tonight’s ECtHR intervention is a measure granted only exceptionally where there’s a “real risk of irreversible harm”.
That no removal should take place until 3 weeks after the final domestic decision is the common sense this govt so often mentions in the human rights context.
That no removal should take place until 3 weeks after the final domestic decision is the common sense this govt so often mentions in the human rights context.
https://twitter.com/ECHR_CEDH/status/1536779296978747397
On a day when the UK Prime Minister’s attacks on lawyers have led the leaders of the profession to issue a strong statement, where Johnson has unleashed at least a question mark over the ECHR itself, this is a confrontation his govt has brought on itself - perhaps foreseeably.
https://twitter.com/WomaninHavana/status/1514698329824845834
Where culture war meets Brexit goals, this is the day after the govt claims preservation of the Good Friday Agreement forms part of a barely plausible justification for its #NIProtocol Bill.
Meanwhile,the GFA expressly preserves the ECHR, & direct enforceability, as a safeguard.
Meanwhile,the GFA expressly preserves the ECHR, & direct enforceability, as a safeguard.
Just to add to the collision course the govt appears to have wilfully embarked upon, the UK is locked into human rights protection & ECHR commitment as part of the Brexit TCA (Trade & Cooperation Agreement). If the UK withdraws, it loses cooperation on law enforcement & security.
Not only does the govt’s point of “principle” now look unlikely to go ahead, it has tied itself in knots. How many international treaties will the govt tear up in our name?
Not convinced this has been thought through beyond gut campaign mode. At the cost of the most vulnerable.
Not convinced this has been thought through beyond gut campaign mode. At the cost of the most vulnerable.
https://twitter.com/ShehabKhan/status/1536812252640202753
And here we are. NO passengers on the #RwandaDeportation.
With huge thanks & admiration for the civil society, legal teams & their clients who pursued this result to try to stop the “real risk of irreversible harm”.
Credit to @ECHR_CEDH who acted with all due haste.
With huge thanks & admiration for the civil society, legal teams & their clients who pursued this result to try to stop the “real risk of irreversible harm”.
Credit to @ECHR_CEDH who acted with all due haste.
https://twitter.com/ShehabKhan/status/1536817000542003207
Seems an appropriate moment to highlight what the leaders of the legal profession said today in response to the Prime Minister’s dangerous attacks on lawyers.
Not long ago, we saw shocking headlines about judges as “enemies of the people”. We must not be pulled back there again.
Not long ago, we saw shocking headlines about judges as “enemies of the people”. We must not be pulled back there again.
https://twitter.com/thebarcouncil/status/1536732488827035648
I can only hope - though unrealistically - that this important point about what the govt is telling Strasbourg - that we aren’t leaving the ECHR - is emphasised tmw.
The chaos may be intended, but the consequences may not be. We are being forced into constant crisis mode.
The chaos may be intended, but the consequences may not be. We are being forced into constant crisis mode.
https://twitter.com/joannaccherry/status/1536819202488672256
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