Human Rights Act

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• Official Jews and Levantian Jews

  
  Covenant Zone — Authority: 507
  I attended the forum last night sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress, Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver, and the Temple Sholom: Responding to Antisemitism: Are we too thin-skinned? There may have been 2-300 people there - I didnt attempt a count - most of whom were Jews and I would guess members of the ...
  1 week ago

• Howards parting shot

  
  John Rentoul — Authority: 601
  Still havent caught up with all the Chilcot-reporting rebuttal work that needs to be done, but there is other business that will fall off the radar if not attended to. Two weeks ago Michael Howard, the former Conservative leader, made a farewell speech about the Human Rights Act. Because it was on the floor of the ...
  1 week ago

• British courts will be able to ignore European human rights rulings, says Dominic Grieve

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 972
  British courts will be able to ignore European human rights rulings under Conservative proposal outlined by Dominic Grieve.
  1 week ago

• Homeless reviews and fact finding in the Supreme Court

  
  Nearly Legal — Authority: 129
  We’ve been told that Ali & Ibrahim v Birmingham City Council (now Ali, Ibrahim and Tomlinson v BCC) was heard in the Supreme Court today, 23 November. Our report on the Court of Appeal judgment ([2008] EWCA 1228) is here . The issue is whether Housing Act 1996 s.202 reviews are Article 6 compliant. Judgment ...
  2 weeks ago

• Anti-Marriage Equality Activists File Court Challenge to Initiative Denial

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Opponents of marriage equality in the District of Columbia have filed a challenge in DC Superior Court to the Board of Elections and Ethics’ decision yesterday denying a ballot measure that would limit marriage to opposite-sex couples.  The lead plaintiff is Bishop Harry Jackson (who coincidentally or not was the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Anoka teacher accused of harassing student sues state human rights department

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 654
  After late-August protests, Cleveland and Filson were put on leave from their jobs. Photo: Andy Birkey, MnIndy Anoka-Hennepin School District 11 teacher Diane Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota Department of Human Rights (MDHR) in Ramsey County District Court Monday, alleging that earlier this ...
  3 weeks ago

• DC Elections Board Rules Against Prop.-8 and Question 1 Style Ballot Initiative

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 158
  Today, the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics announced their ruling [pdf] that for a second time that a proposed ballot measure that would undermine marriage equality in the District is not a proper subject for a referendum or initiative.  The Board’s decision to prevent a measure like California’s Prop 8 ...
  3 weeks ago

• US/South Korea: Obama Should Raise North Korea Rights Issues

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 683
  (New York) - President Barack Obama should take a strong stance on North Korean human rights issues during talks in South Korea on November 18 and 19, 2009, Human Rights Watch said today. Obama is scheduled to visit to discuss North Koreas nuclear capabilities and the US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, among other ...
  3 weeks ago

• US/South Korea: Obama Should Raise North Korea Rights Issues

  
  http://www.hrw.org/en/news — Authority: 683
    (New York) - President Barack Obama should take a strong stance on North Korean human rights issues during talks in South Korea on November 18 and 19, 2009, Human Rights Watch said today. Obama is scheduled to visit to discuss North Koreas nuclear capabilities and the US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, among ...
  3 weeks ago

• PEI Legislative Speaker bars disabled journalist from press gallery

  
  NJN Network — Authority: 148
  The Speaker of the PEI Legislative Assembly has barred an Internet journalist from the press gallery for writing a satirical story. The disabled journalist says he will be barred from reporting on the Legislature. Other media outlets have complained. PRLog – Nov 12, 2009 – Hon. Kathleen Casey, MLA (Liberal) ...
  3 weeks ago

• Crown prosecutors told to consider human rights of criminals

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 972
  Crown prosecutors have been told to weigh the human rights of criminals against both the evidence against them and Englands laws before deciding to bring charges it has been disclosed.
  5 weeks ago

• Yeah, of course I’ll call

  
  Nearly Legal — Authority: 129
  It’s a bit like one of those nights that just, you know, didn’t work out. You remember, it was all very slow, not really gratifying and, in the end, disappointingly inconclusive. The Government has released its response [link to PDF] to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report of 2007. Yes, ...
  5 weeks ago

• Keep the Human Rights Act and dump Strasbourg

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 972
  The Human RIghts Act is not the problem its the interpretation of it in the Strasbourg court says Alasdair Palmer.
  6 weeks ago

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