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British MPs: ECHR Provides Drug Use Protection
August 27, 2015
In a recent report, the British All-Party Parliamentary Group for Drug Policy Reform argues that drug users could invoke the provision in the European Convention on Human Rights ("ECHR"), guaranteeing the right to "private and family life," to support their purchase and possession of drugs.
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Elliott Highlights Differences Between "Europe" and "EU"
August 26, 2015
Matthew Elliott of the group Business for Britain has called for those debating the referendum on the UK's membership in the EU to respect the difference between "Europe" and the institutions of the European Union, arguing that a Britain departing the EU would still remain part of Europe even as it found new trading partners in a "globalised world."
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Eyal Sees Pause in "Ever-Closer Union"
August 26, 2015
Dr. Jonathan Eyal writes that due to popular backlash against EU economic policies and political integration, the EU's long phase of "ever-closer union" has ended.
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Oxley: UK Can Avoid "Erosion" of EU Renegotiation Agenda
August 26, 2015
Robert Oxley of the organization Business for Britain writes that UK Prime Minister David Cameron, who Oxley says has recently been downplaying the terms of his renegotiation of EU competences, can still save this renegotiation by sticking to his original terms for the deal and by being prepared to campaign for an EU exit if the negotiation is not successful.
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CoE Pushes Social Rights of "Irregular" Migrants
August 26, 2015
Council of Europe ("CoE") Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muižnieks argues that countries should repeal laws criminalizing "irregular" migration - the process of illegally entering or remaining in a country - and should provide for the access of such "irregular" migrants to social human rights, including the rights to shelter, clothing, and food.
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