• 'Why was the Rwanda Agreement unlawful, and will withdrawal from the ECHR resolve this?': Kirsty Hughes (audio)

  • Nov 16 2023
  • Length: 14 mins
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'Why was the Rwanda Agreement unlawful, and will withdrawal from the ECHR resolve this?': Kirsty Hughes (audio)

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  • On the 15 November the UK Supreme Court decided that the United Kingdom's policy of sending asylum seekers to Rwanda was unlawful.

    In this short video Dr Kirsty Hughes explains the Court's reasoning, and considers the Government's response and possible next steps.


    Kirsty Hughes is an Associate Professor specialising in Human Rights Law. She is joint General Editor of the European Human Rights Law Review, Director of the Centre for Public Law, University of Cambridge, a member of Blackstone Chambers Academic Panel and Deputy Editor of Public Law. She is a co-convenor of the European Human Rights Law Conference.


    For more information about Dr Hughes, please refer to her profile at https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/ke-hughes/2113


    Law in Focus is a collection of short videos featuring academics from the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law, addressing legal issues in current affairs and the news. These issues are examples of the many which challenge researchers and students studying undergraduate and postgraduate law at the Faculty.


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