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French Constitutional Council rules that measures to protect minors from social media are unconstitutional
French Constitutional Council (Conseil Constitutionnel) in the Palais Royal, near Louvre, Colonnes de Burren – Paris, France
Decision No. 2026-911 DC of 14 August 2026
Act to protect minors from the risks posed by their use of social networks
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The Weekly Round-up: Circumventing For Women Scotland? And unlawful imprisonment in the High Court
In the News:
Live-Facial Recognition cameras in London
On Wednesday, the Guardian reported that the Metropolitan Police are planning to use live facial recognition (LFR) technology on Oxford Street – the busiest shopping street in the UK.
Furthermore, such infrastructure
When does an Employment Tribunal need to consider Human Rights arguments of its own motion? Cherrington v University of Derby [2026] EAT 107 and freedom of speech
In Cherrington v University of Derby [2026] EAT 107, the Mr Justice Cavanagh in the Employment Appeal Tribunal (“EAT”) held that an Employment Tribunal (“ET”) was not obliged to consider the Appellant’s Article 10 ECHR right to freedom of expression
Law Pod UK new episode: Deprivation of Liberty
On 2nd June 2026 the Supreme Court handed down their judgment in Re Attorney General for Northern Ireland’s Reference (Deprivation of Liberty) [2026] UKSC 16. You can read the full analysis of the case by Anogika Souresh and Esme Cairns
When a nationality decision is beyond the Convention’s reach
By Matthew Howarth
In R (Al Hashimi) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2026] EWCA Civ 943, the Court of Appeal held that a woman living in the United Arab Emirates could not invoke Articles 8 and 14
The Weekly Round Up: Afghan data breach, Palestine Action appeal, protest rights and state immunity
In the news
Parliamentary report on the Afghan data breach
On Thursday, the House of Commons Defence Select Committee (DSC) published a report which found that a serious data breach of the sensitive personal data of thousands of Afghans was
Digital ID scrapped and ECHR jurisdiction in the Court of Appeal
In the News
Digital ID scrapped:
On Tuesday, the new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham, announced that the Government would scrap plans to bring in mandatory digital ID. The policy, announced under the Starmer administration, was intended to help tackle illegal
