UK CANNOT KEEP ITS BAN ON PRISONERS VOTES

UK CANNOT KEEP ITS BAN ON PRISONERS VOTES

UK ‘COULD KEEP BAN ON VOTES FOR PRISON INMATES’ By Daily Express reporter

BRITAIN could be spared from being forced by European human rights judges to give prisoners the right to vote, it emerged last night.

Ministers have been granted a delay in scrapping the blanket ban on inmates voting in Westminster and European Parliament elections pending a test case in Italy. Whitehall sources said the case could even lead to the law change being dumped.

A Cabinet Office spokesman said: “This is good news. We are waiting to see what happens.”

MPs campaigning against the judgment by the European Court of Human Rights last night demanded a full statement by the Government.

Tory MP Priti Patel plans to raise the issue of the delay in the Commons this week. She said: “MPs have taken the view that we should say no to Europe and that is what the Government should do.”

Ministers have been told they do not have to come up with proposals until six months after the conclusion of the case, due to start in November.

But Whitehall insiders believe the case could undermine the human rights court’s ruling that Britain’s ban infringed prisoners’ human rights and spare David Cameron from having to scrap it.

Comment:

As the case which challenged the ban is the leading case of Hirst v UK (No2), the UK has got no option but to fully comply with the judgment.The UK already sought to delay the issue with Greens and MT v UK but the ECtHR ruled that the UK has until 11 October 2011 to bring forward proposals to amend the law.This article is a pathetic attempt to ignore human rights, democracy and rule of law.I won't let the UK get away with its obligations and responsibilities. And that includes you David Cameron. You have been warned!

Execution of Judgments of the European Court of Human Rights

Respect of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and, in particular, of the European Court of Human Rights's judgments, is a crucial element of the Council of Europe's system for the protection of human rights, rule of law and democracy and, hence, for democratic stability and European unification.



1120th Committee of Ministers Human Rights meeting

The Committee of Ministers will hold its 1120th Human Rights meeting on 13 and on 14 September 2011.

Given that the CoM supervises execution of the Court's judgments, and given that it is only the 6 of September today, it is harly likely that any decision has been made to allow the UK to delay fully complying with my judgment.