The court has announced that it has rejected the UK authorities’ request for the case James, Wells and Lee v. the United Kingdom to be referred to its Grand Chamber. The case concerned prisoners who were subject to indeterminate sentences of imprisonment for the public protection (“IPP sentences”).
The case concerned a detainee who complained that ill-treatment inflicted on him by police officers had endangered his life and left him with a severe disability.
The human rights commissioner writes: “Mixed signals and veering from a values-based approach to one based on Realpolitik, permits the authorities in Minsk much room for manoeuvre and allows them to play various actors against each other, thereby doing a disservice to human rights defenders in Belarus.”
Low human trafficking conviction rates in Portugal and gaps in the country’s investigation procedure are revealed in a new Council of Europe report published today.
A disabled man who alleges he was beaten by bodyguards after his arrest for insulting Turkey’s Prime Minister will find out tomorrow if his human rights were breached.
