Prohibition on Abuse of Rights in UK Law
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O'Keeffe v Ireland: The Liability of States for Failure to Provide an Effective System for the Detection and Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse in Education
In O'Keeffe v Ireland, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that Ireland failed to protect the applicant from sexual abuse suffered as a child in an Irish National School i......... v Ireland , the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights found that Ireland failed to protect the applicant from sexual abuse ... School in 1973 and violated her rights under Article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment) and Article 13 (right to an effective ......
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‘Am I Free Now?’ Overseas Domestic Workers in Slavery
This article examines United Kingdom overseas domestic worker and diplomatic domestic worker visas in place since 2012. These visas tie workers to an employer by making it unlawful for them to chan......... reported instances of exploitation and abuse by the employers with whom they arrived in the ... whether the visa is contrary to the prohibition of slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory ... 4 of the European Convention on Human Rights and the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015. [The ......
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Decriminalising Consensual Heterosexual Conduct outside Marriage: The Women's Case under International Human Rights Law
In many countries all over the world, women's real or alleged engagement in consensual sexual activity outside marriage can give rise to a criminal conviction, leading to the imposition of a senten...
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I Book Review: The Prohibition of Propaganda for War in International Law
...... 20(1) of the International Covenant on Civ il and Political Rights (ICCPR), which simply states that ‘any propaganda for war sha ll be ... that could arise in its interpretat ion and the possibilities for abuse. If all simplistic va lue judgements, 3 Nowa k, Manf red, U.N. ......
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Review: Delayed Prosecution for Childhood Sexual Abuse
...... tested when theoretical commitments to due process and fair trial rights are examined under the spotlight of child sexual abuse. Lewis acknowl - ... of the decision to prosecute and request for an order of prohibition. Throughout these chapters Lewis carefully sets out the specific ......
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The new market abuse regime in Greece: A step towards increased market transparency or a new source of confusion?
The Greek insider trading and market manipulation (market abuse) regime is in the process of transformation by the new Code on Capital Market, which internalises the provisions of the 2003 Market A.........The new marketabuse prohibition follows an effect-orientedapproach, which, in conjunction with the ... regime is fullycompatible with the European Conventionon Human Rights (ECHR). One of themajor concerns is whether the broad, effect-oriented ......
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Culture, morality and the law
Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act was signed into law in January 2014, leading to a hailstorm of reactions. This article examines the role that culture and morality play in shaping Nige......... Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act was signed into law in January 2014, leading ... this action has received from human rights groups and the international community. The ... gay people in Nigeria amount to torture and abuse of the victims’ fundamental rights and should ......
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Prohibition, privilege and the drug apartheid: The failure of drug policy reform to address the underlying fallacies of drug prohibition
It appears to be a time of turbulence within the global drug policy landscape. The historically dominant model of drug prohibition endures, yet a number of alternative models of legalization, decri......... workplace accidents (Price, 2014); dis-ease (Ceste, 2010); and child abuse (Ryder and Brisgone, 2013), and so prohibition is legitimized by the ... require drug treatment or become ‘problematic users’; yet their rights and needs seem to go unnoticed. Similarly, in respect of cannabis ......
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Recent publications on international human rights
......*** Rights and Wrongs Under ECHR: The Prohibitation of Abuse of Rights in Article 17 of the European Convention on Human Rights / ien Morree. - 2016. - ISBN: 1-78068-418-5 The prohibition of abuse of rights in Article 17 of the European Convention on Human ......
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Editorial Introduction
...... have struggled to ensure that their rights in the home (e.g., not to be assaulted, ... The phenomenon of child abuse was also 'discovered' a few decades ago ... effects of adopting a legal prohibition- particularly a prohibition incorporated in ......
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