Derogation | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Europa Institute Sat, 07 Apr 2018 17:34:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/files/2015/03/European-Futures-Icon.png Derogation | European Futures https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk 32 32 Drawing the Battle Lines: The Ongoing Standoff Between the UK Government and the ECHR https://www.europeanfutures.ed.ac.uk/drawing-the-battle-lines-the-ongoing-standoff-between-the-uk-government-and-the-echr/ Wed, 12 Oct 2016 08:00:10 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/europablogsite/?p=4151 Dimitrios Kagiaros The UK government’s proposed derogation from the European Convention on Human Rights is based on inconsistent reasoning and would mark a departure from the justifications usually offered, writes Dimitrios Kagiaros. He argues that, rather than insulate UK soldiers from court challenges, the derogation could in fact weaken their human rights protections, and that …

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