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Strasbourg tightens the rules

Strasbourg tightens the rules

Interim measures restricted to ‘exceptional circumstances’

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Joshua Rozenberg
Nov 14, 2023
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The European Court of Human Rights is planning to tighten up the rules governing interim measures — in effect, temporary injunctions. In future, these would be available only in “exceptional circumstances” where there was an “imminent risk of irreparable harm”.

Interim measures issued by the Strasbourg court last year prevented the UK from sending asylum…

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