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Human Rights in 2015: Challenges and Opportunities14 March 2015Justice Student Human Rights Network Annual Conference
Angela PatrickDirector of Human Rights Policy, JUSTICE
www.JUSTICE.org.uk @JUSTICEhq
The tools of the JCHRA Big Year for…
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The tools of the JCHROur Latest Council Member
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The tools of the JCHROdd One Out?
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The tools of the JCHR
• Research and innovation– Delivering Justice in an Age of Austerity
(2015)• Westminster and Whitehall– Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015– Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015
• Third party interventions– Belhaj [2014] EWCA Civ 1394
How JUSTICE works?
The tools of the JCHR
• R (Nicklinson) v Ministry of Justice [2014] UKSC 38
• Cheshire West v P [2014] UKSC 19• Guardian News and Media Ltd - v - AB and
CD • Kennedy v The Charity Commission [2014]
UKSC 20• Austerity and justice:
– Gudanaviciene v Director of Legal Aid Casework; Lord Chancellor [2014] EWHC 1840 (Admin) (Exceptional Funding)
– R (Public Law Project) v Secretary of State for Justice [2014] EWHC 2365 (Admin) (Residence Test)
– R (MA) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2014] EWCA Civ 13
Top of the Pops?
The tools of the JCHR
• Hutchinson v UK• McHugh v UK• Digital Rights Ireland C-293
Top of the Pops Europe?
The tools of the JCHR2015: The Rights Election?
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The tools of the JCHR
Strategy Proposal?• Reinstating
Parliamentary Sovereignty
• Taking or leaving the “advice” of the ECtHR
• No remedy in “trivial” cases, only those considered “serious” after clarification.
• Amending the Ministerial Code
Response?• It didn’t go away.
See Sections 2, 3, 4, 6 HRA 1998.
• Article 46. Good for us; good for Russia (and Beijing, and Tehran)
• Ditto.• Taking human
rights beyond the courts? – see Sections 6, 10, 19 HRA 1998.
Protecting Human Rights in the UK?
The tools of the JCHR
• Draft Bill?• Wider considerations?– EU parallels and influences– Devolution– The Common Law
• The Brussels Declaration 2015• The Future of the European Convention on
Human Rights, Dec 2015• The Ballot and the Dispatch box….
2015: The Rights Election?
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The tools of the JCHR
• The Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act 2016?
• The Counter-Terrorism, Security and Borders Act 2015?
• The Leveson Reforms (CrimPR for 2015)
• The Supreme Court & LASPO; Rounds 1-4…?
• Snowden meets Strasbourg; Rounds 1 & 2
Beyond the Debate?
The tools of the JCHR
• Research and education• Speaking to our membership and
beyond• Engaging our student membership
What role for JUSTICE?
Further reading
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