#UKSupremeCourt is unanimous that the #Rwanda scheme is unlawful because Rwanda cannot currently be trusted not to return asylum seekers to a country where their life or freedom will be threatened (non-refoulement).
It is also clear that this is based on international treaties including the 1967 Refugee Convention, the 1984 Torture Convention, the ICCPR, the ECHR , as well as several pieces of domestic law including but not limited to the HRA.
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2023-0093-etc-judgment.pdf
I am not sure how creating a new law in the UK will work if the ew law basically makes international law not relevant.
@zleap Exactly, the point that is being made by the Court is that this is a “core principle of International Law” across various treaties and also custom, so that you cannot get out of by leaving the ECHR. Nor can you get out of it by banging on about parliamentary sovereignty and passing a law that knowingly breaches international law.
I suppose given what is going on in Gaza, our support for Israel then international law is clearly optional.
@zleap Indeed. I think there is also a bit of subtle scolding in the judgment about Britain’s role in supporting and developing international law, and now this.
