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ECtHR: Switzerland Violated Rights by Refusing Reunification
November 08, 2016
Citing the Swiss Federal Supreme Court's "brief" investigation of the child's best interests and "rather summary reasoning" in its decision, the European Court of Human Rights has held that the Swiss court violated the right to family life of an Egyptian teenager by refusing his application to reunite with his father in Switzerland after spending most of his life in Egypt.
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Observers Dispute Inviolability of EU Market Rules
November 07, 2016
Reuters reports that, as the UK prepares to negotiate a new relationship with the EU that retains trade but reduces immigration, legal and business observers are dismissing the response of EU leaders that continued access to the bloc's single market requires the acceptance of unlimited movement of people.
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HRW Files Spying Claim Against UK at ECtHR
November 07, 2016
Human Rights Watch has filed a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) calling for the UK Investigatory Powers Tribunal, which hears complaints regarding the country's intelligence services, to reveal whether British intelligence agencies subjected them to surveillance and whether such surveillance was lawful.
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Germany Lobbies UK to Remain in Europol
November 07, 2016
The Guardian reports that German officials are lobbying the UK government, despite the latter's pending plans to exit the EU, to remain a partner of Europol as the European Parliament and EU member states are set to gain, in May 2017, more control over the functions of the EU law enforcement and intelligence agency.
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UK Court: Parliament Must Trigger Brexit Process
November 03, 2016
The UK High Court has held that the decision of the country's electorate to leave the EU, as expressed in the outcome of Britain's June referendum, did not grant the UK government authority to trigger Brexit without parliamentary approval.
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