The International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) has commended the Republic of Ghana for abolishing the death penalty for all crimes except high treason.
The sanctions target judges and prosecutors responsible for the trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza, who faces 25 years in a penal colony after an appeal was rejected.
In a meeting with Attorney General Victoria Prentis, prosecutors at CPS Thames and Chiltern explained how they achieved justice for victims of 'honour' crimes and forced marriages.
The bill will effectively extinguish the right to seek asylum in the UK, say lawyers who have examined the proposed legislation on behalf of human rights charity, Freedom from Torture.
International human rights lawyers have welcomed a move by the United Nations Working Group on Business and Human Rights (UN) to ask the European Commission (EC) to justify its position on excluding the United Kingdom (UK) from the cross-border legal cooperation international treaty, the “Lugano Convention”.