A historic judgment

“Inadequate state action to combat climate change exacerbate[s] the risks of harmful consequences and subsequent threats for the enjoyment of human rights”

@KlimaSeniorin #echr @gardencourtlaw @MatrixChambers @GoldsmithsLaw @JMPSimor @andrew_cutting European Court of Human Rights: it is “a matter of fact that there are sufficiently reliable indications that anthropogenic climate change exists … States are aware of this and capable of taking measures to address it effectively”.

Thanks @JoshuaRozenberg for sharing.Others already commented on Sir Peter Goss's views on the futility/counter-intuitiveness of Raab's BoR, and lack of evidence basis (which followed on not listening to expert evidence).I want to focus on Sir Peter's points on judicial dialogue🧵

https://twitter.com/JoshuaRozenberg/status/1590947912443650048

2. His Review Panel (IHRAR) "was struck by the high regard in which the UK Courts and Judiciary are held by the ECtHR and the beneficial influence this has, both domestically and for the ECtHR".

1/10 How to transform procedural rights from illusory safeguards to practical guarantees: by empowering those who need them the most, starting w/ stronger awareness. Great case study here:@EachOtherUK & @BIDdetention will turn 63 page legal guide into comic book (& need our help) 2/10 They're crowdfunding here, and have achieved $7381 so far, out of a pledged $29,025: kickstarter.com/projects/eacho…

1. My new book – with the wonderful Prof Yvonne McDermott, on Judicial Independence Under Threat – is now out, and we could not be more grateful to all those who made it happen: @BritishAcademy_ @OUPAcademic & our distinguished authors.
It includes foreword by late Brian Kerr! 2. We were thrilled when Lord Kerr agreed to participate in our 2018 @BritishAcademy_ conference (which provided the foundation for this volume). We were touched by the modesty, openness and kindness he had showed to us since then.

At @matrixchambers, with two of our students, and two of our Visiting Profs in panel, @JMPSimor KC and Schona Jolly KC @WomaninHavana, on the ‘Brexit Freedoms Bill’.
Jessica Simor starts by noticing how this Bill will result in a vast handover of power to the executive. 2. What is Law for? Law must strive to create legal certainty (and this Bill will achieve the exact opposite of that),
@JMPSimor notes, and Sir Jonathan Jones KC, former Head of the Govt Legal Dept, reinforces the point in his speech.

Left speechless — Prof Richard Ekins has written (in the @MailOnline) that the Human Rights Act "is a blot on our democracy".
#ECHR @coe #HumanRights @OxfordLawFac @PACE_News @judicialpwr 2. @DavidGHFrost, whose key affiliation (according to Twitter) is now Senior Fellow at @Policy_Exchange, says it's 'a powerful article'

https://twitter.com/DavidGHFrost/status/1535959133073047558

#ECHR #humanrights #echr

Govt is introducing a Bill that (a large number of) its own MPs are saying is going to violate international law.
Bill not dictated by national interest (in fact it undermines it).
Only comes in so that PM will 'shore up his support on Right of the party' after confidence vote 2. Bill will be sold to the MPs on the Right of the party—and Brexiteer voters—wrapped in the usual anti-juridical, anti-European, narrative: "European judges to be stripped of Northern Ireland Protocol powers under new Brexit law"

"HM's government will play a leading role in defending democracy and freedom across the world".
HM's government will repeal the Human Rights Act.
#Queenspeech #HumanRights #HumanRightsAct
video via sky news The Govt have gone to the @coe and rightly pleaded with them to expel Russia, for gross human rights violations in Ukraine.
Yet the Govt has now also formally announced its plans to substitute the HRA with a UK Bill of Rights (and undermine the operation of the ECHR in the UK).

A damning critique by Lord Neuberger, of the state of the rule of law in the UK (which was reminiscent of Lord Bingham’s work in the area) — it was the concluding presentation at this excellent workshop on 'democratic backsliding' in the UK organised by @ExeterLawSchool.
THREAD 2. Lord Neuberger pointed out that we need (and indeed have) a judiciary that is independent, respected and effective.
He then went on to describe three attacks by the executive on judicial independence, some direct and visible to all, some more pernicious that need spelling out

We've been sounding the alarm for years: "they're coming for the Human Rights Act".
They're now here 👇 2. Through scholarly analysis and law-in-action evidence, human rights scholars and commentators have shown what the HRA has done for the UK (and warned about this day) 👇
@conorgearty @colmocinneide @LioraLazarus @davidallengreen @AdamWagner1 @dzehtsiarou @JoshuaRozenberg ...

1. I've previously argued - at @LordsEUCom, @Europarl_EN & via @ConversationUK - that continued uncertainty re #citizensrights may constitute violation of Art 8 ECHR: theconversation.com/eu-citizens-ri… data.parliament.uk/writtenevidenc… @BRinEUROPE @NewEuropeans @HaringeyLibDems

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2. ECtHR has found that where uncertainty & precariousness of individual’s situation affects network of his or her personal, social & economic relations, there can be an infringement of Art 8. A situation of insecurity should in any case be short-lived. @BRinEUROPE @NewEuropeans