Begum loses again
UK Supreme Court refuses to extend human rights convention
It is not the role of the Supreme Court to develop the human rights convention in the UK “well beyond the principles established by the European court”, the three most senior justices of the UK Supreme Court said yesterday.
Lords Reed, Hodge and Lloyd-Jones were giving their reasons for refusing Shamima Begum, 24, permission to appeal against a ruling by…
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