{"id":394,"date":"2008-08-26T17:24:23","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T16:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"\/2008\/08\/26\/european-conven\/"},"modified":"2008-08-26T17:24:23","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T16:24:23","slug":"european-conven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.org\/news\/2008\/08\/26\/european-conven\/","title":{"rendered":"European Convention on Human Rights: Recent case law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\/profile_advisorycouncil.asp\">Harry Mitchell, QC<\/a>, summarises in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrationwatchuk.com\/briefingPapers\/legal\/8_27.asp\">Briefing Paper 8.27<\/a> three recent cases which are of interest. In all three questions concerning the European Convention on Human Rights are prominent. The third case, summarised in paragraphs 10 to 17, is of particular concern. It is a decision of the European Court of Human Rights which may well have the effect, if the Home Office feels obliged to follow it, of making it more or less impossible to deport failed asylum seekers back to Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Mitchell, QC, summarises in Briefing Paper 8.27 three recent cases which are of interest. In all three questions concerning the European Convention on Human Rights are prominent. The third case, summarised in paragraphs 10 to 17, is of particular concern. 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