Supreme Court Decision on Sentencing in Rape Cases
Labels: guilty plea discount, rape, sentencing, Sexual Violence
Labels: guilty plea discount, rape, sentencing, Sexual Violence
Labels: Declaration of Incompatibility, ECHR, gender, trans rights
This paper will discuss the compatibility of the Mental Health Act 2001 and the Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 with the European Convention on Human Rights. It will consider issues relating to the powers and structure of Mental Health Tribunals and the Mental Health (Criminal Law) Review Board. The primary focus will be on Articles 5 and 6 of the ECHR and case-law such as Winterwerp v Netherlands, Johnson v UK and L.R. v France.
This paper considers a range of human rights issues arising in the context of treatment for a mental disorder. Its focus is not just on patients who have been compulsorily detained under the Mental Health Act 2001and who come under the treatment framework set out in the MHA but also on those patients in psychiatric facilities (the vast majority) whose treatment is not covered by the MHA and which, currently is subject to the most minimal legal oversight.
Labels: CCJHR events, conferences, human rights law, mental health
The primary purpose of the Bill is to create offences criminalising trafficking in persons for the specific purposes of their sexual or labour exploitation or the removal of their organs and to provide severe penalties for anyone found guilty of committing the offences. The offences are in line with international norms….It also criminalises the selling or purchasing of human beings, both children and adults, for any purpose. The sale of children for the purpose of exploitation is a requirement of the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the rights of the child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography.In relation to children, the Bill complements the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998 which already criminalises the trafficking (and organisation of trafficking) of children for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
Labels: International law, Legislation, Trafficking
Labels: prisons, punishment, torture
Labels: Guantánamo Bay, habeas corpus, terrorism, US Supreme Court, War on Terror
Labels: ICTR, international criminal law
Labels: publications, SSRN
Labels: conferences
Labels: immigration
Labels: death penalty, US Supreme Court
There is particular emphasis on understanding the nature and extent of trafficking, the involvement of organised crime groups and attacking the assets of such groups....One of the strategic aims of UKP2 is to increase knowledge and understanding of all forms of human trafficking in the UK but also raise awareness of the issue....2007 marks the passage of 200 years since Parliament passed the Act to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire. In this bicentenary year, the Government has indicated a commitment to redoubling efforts to address this modern day form of slavery.
Labels: policing, Sexual Violence, Trafficking