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ECHR: immigration detention judgment
Judgment of 24th Jan. The Saadi v UK judgment is due tomorrow (29th). Press release issued by the Registrar CHAMBER JUDGMENT RIAD AND IDIAB v. BELGIUM The European Court of Human Rights has today Read More
ECJ update: Akdas, Jipa, İŞİ Partisi, infiringement actions
1) The questions in the 'Akdas' reference on Decision 3/80 are now online in English 2) The A-G's opinion in the Jipa reference - see questions below -- is due Feb. 14th. 3) Read More
Launch of EU border management package
Here is the Commission's blurb on its upcoming border package: Wednesday 13 February: Launch of a border management package The news: The Commission will adopt a "border management package" aiming at improving external border control Read More
UK: Sussex students arrested under anti-terror laws
A new interactive online map reveals the nature of police activity in Brighton during an anti-war march. The map covers events surrounding the Smash EDO demonstration on October 15th. Plotting events and linking them with Read More
USA: Senate Armed Services Committee Inquiry into the treatment of detainees in US Custody
Inquiry (pdf) Read More
UK: Guardian article – De Menezes family walk out of inquest as coroner rules he was not unlawfully killed
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Amnesty International report: Migration-related detention a global concern
Amnesty International report (pdf) Read More
EU: The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) released a compromise report on fingerprinting children
Compromise report on fingerprinting children (pdf). The LIBE Committee will today consider this report which "provisionally" sets the age limit for the taking of fingerprints from children as 12 years old - Member States which Read More
Italy: How a child dies in Venice: 11-year-old Afghan boy dies to avoid controls by the border police
He was fifteen years old. No, he was twelve. Maybe, in reality, he was only eleven. As the day progressed, his age changed several times, turning increasingly younger. In any case, he was a boy. Read More
EU: Council of Europe adopts second-rate treaty on access to information – Civil Society groups express disappointment
Civil Society Groups express disappointment, call for strong monitoring body (pdf) Read More