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John Rentoul: A bumper week for Eurowaffle
www.independent.co.uk
[The Independent] - Human rights, as any fule kno, come under not the EU but the European Court of Human Rights, which sits in Strasbourg. Yet the revolt against human rights law is now bound up in a form of British Euroscepticism that is edging towards what would have
Ministers on the brink of human rights reform, says Ken Clarke
www.telegraph.co.uk
[Telegraph.co.uk] - Ministers are on the brink of securing historic reform of the European Court of Human Rights to stop it over-ruling British judges on immigration cases, Kenneth Clarke has disclosed. By Robert Winnett, and James Kirkup In an interview with The Daily
Guardian: Supreme court appointee says role of British judges is too politicised
[The Guardian] - Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Judges are becoming too politicised in their decision-making, encouraged by a European court of human rights which is progressively shrinking national sovereignty, according to the newest appointment to the UK's
Guardian: Is it justice to lock up Babar Ahmad so long without trial?
[The Guardian (blog)] Extradition Act 2003, which allows for British citizens to be removed from the UK without the need for a court to hear if there is any actual evidence against them – and appealing to the European court of human rights to block the move.
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