Shorter jail sentences now qualify foreign offenders in UK for deportation

New regulations that lower requirements for the deportation of foreign offenders in the UK come as part of wider plans to overhaul the immigration system and are likely to result in human rights violations.

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Positive obligations on the State to safeguard environmental human rights

Incremental developments have pushed the boundaries of state environmental human rights obligations, but in the face of planetary destruction it is time to pick up the pace.

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Parliamentary scrutiny and human rights in the COVID-19 era

The COVID-19 crisis has prompted the government to make extensive use of delegated legislation, raising concerns for potential human rights implications.

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Forced Sterilisations in the US Contravene International Law

A whistleblower nurse in the US alleges “alarmingly high rates of hysterectomies” being performed on sometimes-unknowing immigrants at ICE detention centres.

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