Law Lords Rule Against Government on Human Rights Again

The government’s use of controversial control orders has been dealt a blow by the latest Law Lords ruling. This provides another great up to date example for students on the role of judges in protecting civil liberties.

The Guardian has some good pieces on this- short article outlining the issues, a link to the text of the Lords ruling (perhaps just one for the real anoraks!) and another by Director of Amnesty International, Kate Allen, about the man behind the story, Mahmoud Abu Rideh, a Palestinian refugee who has been subject to a control order since 2005.

In my classes, talking about civil liberties and terrorist suspects is always guaranteed to provoke passionate debate, this is another story I will be using to stimulate such discussion.