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Human Rights and Mental Illness
25 December 2007
Savage v South Essex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust [2007] All ER (D) 316 (Dec); [2007] EWCA Civ 1375 (20 December 2007) The UK Court of Appeal has held that the...
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Inadequate Access to Health Care for Prisoner with Mental Illness a Violation of the Prohibition against Torture and Ill-Treatment
25 December 2007
Dybeku v Albania [2007] ECHR 41153/06 (18 December 2007) The European Court has held that public authorities have a particular duty and responsibility for the health and well-being of those...
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Prisoners and the Right to Privacy and Family Life
25 December 2007
Dickson v United Kingdom [2007] ECHR 44362/04 (Grand Chamber, 4 December 2007) On 4 December 2007, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights handed down it’s decision...
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Imprisoning a Journalist for Refusing to Disclose Confidential Sources in Court a Violation of the Right to Freedom of Expression
26 November 2007
Voskuil v The Netherlands [2007] ECHR 64752/01 (22 November 2007) The European Court of Human Rights recently held that the imprisonment of a journalist for refusing to disclose the identity...
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UK High Court Considers Handcuffing of Prisoners with Medical Conditions
25 November 2007
R (on the application of Graham) v Secretary of State for Justice [2007] All ER (D) 383 (Nov) (23 November 2007, Queen’s Bench Division,Administrative Court, Mitting J) The Queen’s Bench...
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State Failure to Adequately Protect from Defamation a Violation of the Right to Privacy
25 November 2007
Pfeifer v Austria [2007] ECHR 12566/03 (15 November 2007) In a judgment handed down on 15 November 2007, the European Court of Human Rights held that a state’s failure to...
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European Court Considers the Right to an Oral Hearing and Permissible Limitations on the Right to a Fair Hearing
25 November 2007
Oganova v Georgia [2007] ECHR 25717/03 (13 November 2007) The European Court of Human Rights in Oganova v Georgia found that, generally, the right to a fair hearing implies the...
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