Oxford think tank calls on Ireland to step out of EU into EFTA

(Oxford, 13 June 2008) Recognizing the Lisbon Treaty’s fundamental importance to the unity, legitimacy, and effectiveness of the European Union and its overwhelming democratic support through ratification by 18 Member States, the national leaders meeting in the European Council in Bruxelles on 19-20 June 2008 must now act calmly, responsibly, and confidently to ensure its scheduled coming into effect on 1 January 2009 by letting the remaining 8 Member States complete ratification while facilitating Ireland immediately but temporarily stepping out of the EU into the EFTA, says a think tank based in Oxford.

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OCGG Government Recommendation No 5 (PDF)

 

Oxford think tank welcomes US Supreme Court ruling on Guantánamo Bay

(Oxford, 12 June 2008) Recognizing the fundamental values of human civilization, the core obligations in international law and the US Constitution, and the essential interests of the United States, the US President and the US Congress should now fully comply with and completely refrain from attempts at circumventing the US Supreme Court’s restoration of habeas corpus in Boumediene v. Bush, while globally and permanently upholding the highest human, legal, civil, and political rights, including renouncing torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, and immediately closing Guantánamo Bay and all other parts of its global detention network, says a think tank based in Oxford.

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OCGG Law Recommendation No 3 (PDF)

 

Oxford think tank urges UK House of Lords, UK Courts, and European Courts to strike down 42 Days Detention

(Oxford, 11 June 2008) Recognizing the UK government’s erosion of habeas corpus by the extension of no-charge, no-trial detention limits to 42 days, the UK House of Lords, the UK Courts, the European Court of Justice, and the European Court of Human Rights should immediately strike down the new terror bill, says a think tank based in Oxford.

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