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Igor Judge has had a busy week. Tuesday, the Court of Appeal upheld most of the sentences imposed on demonstrators, to the dismay of an editorial in The Guardian, but the approval of Joshua Rozenberg:

"no deprivation of liberty which they have done nothing to prevent recurrence. However that may have been harmful to individual offenders, these statements are required to pay moderator The Others. "

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Wednesday, the judge made an appearance in the Lords Constitution Committee, which agreed with Lord Phillips as senior judges should be selected on merit, despite the low representation of women and minorities Ethnic: "The majority of women judges that it would be totally unacceptable to a quota system."

Phillips said:

"My belief is that the selection of all the [board] shall make every effort to refer to minorities, if they can. I think if you have a jolly good candidate is a woman who will help you. "

judge then observed that the courts may exercise discretion as to whether they chose to follow the European Court of human error, a comment that caused the excitement in some sectors, such as Human Rights in the UK blog publisher Adam Wagner points out, is not new.

He then went to the conference (very beautiful) JUSTICE Rights Act of Bloomsbury and delivered a speech urging the press to Lord Justice Leveson do their jobs, while offering some thoughts on which is a remodeling Press Complaints Commission might be similar. The goal - most affected, judging by the approval of coverage in the tabloids - was to reassure publishers that Leveson is unlikely to recommend the legal regulation of the press

Gaddafi is dead. What future for the ICC?

has now been confirmed that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is dead, the case against him in the international criminal court is complete. Alison Cole writes about the legal steps to follow. In the comments, monkey2 question:

I wonder if the Court will consider the circumstances surrounding the death of Qaddafi (who looks like he was summarily executed after surrendering) and bring charges against anyone in the Libyan rebels who have broken the law internationally.

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looking for answers on the precedent set by previous international criminal tribunals and the law. Meanwhile, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights UN suggests that to examine the circumstances surrounding the death of Qaddafi.

secrets of justice

Meanwhile, Ken Clarke, announced that he wanted secret hearings of the court would mean sensitivity and intelligence MI5 MI6 could be heard in private. An editorial in the Guardian:

"In the current situation in the Green Paper allows the government to lower the blinds on the evidence that is essential to a fair trial and control of media. This is what would have happened in the case of Binyam Mohamed, if these rules apply. It is neither one nor the balance of a single approach. And none of this would have been considered necessary if the UK had not become complicit in torture, first. "

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