Shamima Begum may return to Britain 3rd March 202110th May 2021jonholbLeave a comment Human rights laws may come to Begum’s aid in her appeal against loss of British citizenship. The Surpeme Court in February did not rule on the issue of her deprivation of citizenship. When the courts rule on this issue ‘me’ may well trump ‘us’.
The ISIS Beatles: saved by the Supreme Court? 9th April 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Britain’s meddling judges are blocking America’s prosecution of the ISIS Beatles. Fettering the prosecution of extremists is a surefire way of turning the people against the law.
The law is undermining the fight against terror 25th February 202017th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Counter-terror initiatives keep getting thwarted by human-rights law. Terrorists are empowered to use the sword of human rights to defeat the shield of public safety.
Kick judges out of politics 13th August 201917th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment The judiciary has been empowered by the European Convention on Human rights to ride roughshod over public opinion. For the health of British democracy, it is time to kick judges out of politics.
Supreme Court’s judgment on abortion in Northern Ireland should worry democrats 11th June 201817th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment But for a technicality the court would have ruled that Northern Ireland’s abortion policy was unlawful under human rights law. This is a chilling judgment for democracy.
Charlie Gard’s case should never have gone to court 31st July 201717th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment No one – not Charlie, not his parents, not society – benefited from the prolonged legal proceedings that denied Charlie his peace for six months.
Human rights: the friend of foreign criminals 22nd June 201717th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment The Supreme Court’s ruling in favour of two foreign criminals shows how human rights law demeans democracy and citizenship.
Immigration policy is for the people, not the courts 12th May 201617th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment The Human Rights Act has undermined the UK’s ability to control its borders. Only be repealing this Act and denouncing the European Convention on Human Rights can the UK put an end to porous borders.
Transgenderism: a top-down politics of identity 19th January 201617th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment Far from being about liberty, transgenderism is backed by undemocratic power exercised in the spheres of medicine and law.
The legal tyranny of gay marriage 29th July 201517th March 2021jonholbLeave a comment The European Court of Human Rights has turned gay marriage into a legal issue and deprived citizens of their right to treat it as a moral issue for them.
Jon Holbrook 