Human Rights Violation in UK Law
- UK Law Is In Violation Of Europe's Human Rights Regime
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Sanctions: Magnitsky Laws In The UK
... ... a 'gross human rights abuse or violation' to include, broadly ... ...
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John Binns Explains The UK's Version Of The Magnitsky Provisions & Why They Are Unclear
... ... First of all, POCA defines: (a) a 'gross human rights abuse or violation' to include, broadly ... ...
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Amendments to the Proceeds of Crime Act and the New Sanctions and Anti-money Laundering Bill: the UK’s answer to the Global Magnitsky Act?
Following the use of a nerve agent in Salisbury earlier this year, there were calls for the UK to adopt a British equivalent to the US Global Magnitsky Act, enabling the state to sanction gross hum...... ... Act, enabling the state to sanction gross human rights violations wherever or by whomever they ... that constitutes a gross human rights violation or abuse. It gives UK authorities the power to ... ...
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Parent company liability in England for human rights impacts abroad: Lungowe v Vedanta
Conventionally, a "corporate veil" and the doctrine of "forum non-conveniens" have isolated UK businesses from human rights related claims arising out of the operations of their foreign subsidiaries.... ... In effect, it will be easier for the foreign victim of an alleged human rights violation to bring a claim against a UK parent company and harder to defeat such a claim on jurisdictional grounds. See our blog post for further analysis of ... ...
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UK House of Lords rejects public beneficial ownership registers for British Overseas Territories
On 17 January 2018, the House of Lords voted against an amendment to the proposed Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill that sought to create a publicly accessible register of the beneficial own...... ... it pertains to the UK’s international human rights obligations (e.g. the abolition of the ... misery could be assessed a human rights violation. The constitutional proposition that financial ... ...
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UK House Of Lords Rejects Public Beneficial Ownership Registers For British Overseas Territories
... ... where it pertains to the UK's international human rights obligations (e.g. the abolition of the ... misery could be assessed a human rights violation. The constitutional proposition that financial ... ...
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