Regarding Rights contributor and former CIGJ Visiting PhD Scholar Rumyana Grozdanova recently published a piece with Konstantina Tzouvala on proposals by the British Government to deprive terrorism suspects of their British passports, even if doing so will leave them stateless. Continue Reading →
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The International Court of Justice
Hilary Charlesworth en route to The Hague Continue Reading →
Extraordinary Rendition and Human Rights: The Case of Khaled El-Masri
Mapping Extraordinary Rendition in Europe.
Source: Council of Europe Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights
By Rumyana Grozdanova
Durham University Law School
In December 2012, Khaled El-Masri, a German national who was detained by Macedonian border security and then extraordinarily rendered by the CIA, finally received a measure of justice. In a case that has haunted many in the human rights community, Mr El-Masri was subjected to incommunicado detention, first at the hands of Macedonian authorities after being seized on 31 December 2003, and then by the CIA, who rendered him to the infamous “Salt Pit” secret prison in Kabul where he was detained without access to legal representation or diplomatic services and ill-treated for a further four months. Continue Reading →
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Megan Mitchell
Source: NSW Commission for Children and Young People
Australia Appoints its First National Children’s Commissioner
Monday saw the appointment of Australia’s first National Children’s Commissioner. Megan Mitchell, the current NSW Commissioner for Children and Young People, will assume the post on 25 March 2013, for a period of five years. Regarding Rights contributor Mhairi Cowden’s examination of the role of the Commissioner, published earlier this year, suggests that the new Commissioner will need to “engage in child centred approaches to representation” if the position is going to effectively protect and promote children’s rights in Australia. Continue Reading →