British law firm steps up fight against Europe's last dictator
A British law firm is to make an unprecedented legal bid to bring a string of private prosecutions against Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko in what they hope could become a template for hounding human rights abusers through multiple courts.
McCue and Partners, a Knightsbridge-based law firm which has previously specialised in suing terrorist groups such as the Real IRA and Hamas, is planning to publish a dossier of evidence against the Belarusian strong man so that lawyers overseas can file their own prosecutions should Lukashenko travel into their jurisdictions.Human hair Full lace wigs
The initial plan had been to use the UK courts to prosecute Mr Lukashenko under Britain’s fledgling universal jurisdiction laws. Previous attempts have been made to bring cases against foreign human rights abusers – including an Afghan warlord and alleged perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide – but the defendants were all living within British borders at the time.
Mr Lukashenko, who is often described as Europe’s last dictator,,Anime supplier, is currently subject to a European Union travel ban because of his regime’s deteriorating human rights record. He is therefore unlikely to step foot in a European nation with strong private prosecution laws any time soon.
Instead McCue and Partners are hoping that human rights lawyers within traditional Belarusian allies will apply for access to their 68-page torture dossier and bring their own prosecutions, dramatically reducing where the leader of Belarus can travel to.
For strategic reasons the firm will not say which countries they have lined up but it is believed Russia,digital video recorders Venezuela,Moncler jackets sale Vietnam and the Central Asian Republics will by high priority jurisdictions because of Mr Lukashenko’s warm relationship with those countries.
A British law firm is to make an unprecedented legal bid to bring a string of private prosecutions against Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko in what they hope could become a template for hounding human rights abusers through multiple courts.
McCue and Partners, a Knightsbridge-based law firm which has previously specialised in suing terrorist groups such as the Real IRA and Hamas, is planning to publish a dossier of evidence against the Belarusian strong man so that lawyers overseas can file their own prosecutions should Lukashenko travel into their jurisdictions.Human hair Full lace wigs
The initial plan had been to use the UK courts to prosecute Mr Lukashenko under Britain’s fledgling universal jurisdiction laws. Previous attempts have been made to bring cases against foreign human rights abusers – including an Afghan warlord and alleged perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide – but the defendants were all living within British borders at the time.
Mr Lukashenko, who is often described as Europe’s last dictator,,Anime supplier, is currently subject to a European Union travel ban because of his regime’s deteriorating human rights record. He is therefore unlikely to step foot in a European nation with strong private prosecution laws any time soon.
Instead McCue and Partners are hoping that human rights lawyers within traditional Belarusian allies will apply for access to their 68-page torture dossier and bring their own prosecutions, dramatically reducing where the leader of Belarus can travel to.
For strategic reasons the firm will not say which countries they have lined up but it is believed Russia,digital video recorders Venezuela,Moncler jackets sale Vietnam and the Central Asian Republics will by high priority jurisdictions because of Mr Lukashenko’s warm relationship with those countries.
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