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CoE Body Critiques Ireland on Judicial Independence
July 23, 2018
The Council of Europe’s (CoE) Group of States against Corruption has critiqued Irish legislation setting up a judicial appointments commission that would include a majority of non-judges as a potential violation of European standards on judicial independence.
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CoE Official Warns Europe on Migrant Rights
July 23, 2018
The Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has issued a statement warning that European countries and EU institutions are failing to prioritize international human rights law in their development of migration and asylum policies.
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UK Legislators Reject EU Customs Backstop
July 18, 2018
The Guardian reports that the UK House of Commons rejected an amendment to Brexit legislation that would have required Britain to remain in a customs union with the EU if the government reached no agreement on free trade with the bloc by 2019.
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CoE Official Warns of Migrant, Social Rights Violations in Greece
July 16, 2018
Council of Europe (CoE) Commissioner for Human Rights Dunja Mijatović has called on CoE members to address the ongoing arrival of migrants in Greece “in a spirit of collective responsibility and solidarity” and warned of the impact of “austerity” measures on the social and economic rights of the country’s citizens.
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ECtHR: Russia Violated Prisoners’ Right to Compensation
July 16, 2018
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has held that Russian courts violated the rights of two complainants to compensation by awarding them a low level of damages to compensate them for extra time they spent in prison.
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