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Diplomatic Immunity Trumps Child Protection in Troubling High Court Ruling

Diplomatic Immunity Trumps Child Protection in Troubling High Court Ruling

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Does diplomatic immunity extend to human rights violations committed by members of diplomatic missions within the UK? In a unique case concerning a diplomat who was alleged to have subjected his children to a regime of harmful chastisement, the High Court has reluctantly answered that

COVID-19 Crisis – Judge Rules Derogation from Human Rights ‘Essential’

COVID-19 Crisis – Judge Rules Derogation from Human Rights ‘Essential’

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The COVID-19 pandemic represents a public emergency which is threatening the life of the nation. A High Court judge wrote those words in reaching the momentous conclusion that, whilst the crisis persists, derogation from certain fundamental human rights is not merely justified, but essential. The

Life of Baby Boy Who Experiences Only Pain ‘Intolerable’, Court Rules

Life of Baby Boy Who Experiences Only Pain ‘Intolerable’, Court Rules

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When is life not worth living? The High Court grappled with that fundamental issue in authorising doctors to withhold life-sustaining treatment from a baby boy who can neither see nor hear and experiences only pain. The boy’s mother conceived him following a one-night relationship and