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Paul Troop is working with Bosnian lawyers in the forced disappearance case of Paliæ v Bosnia and Herzegovina in the ECHR. Mrs Paliæ is the widow of Colonel Avdo Paliæ, who commanded and successfully defended the Žepa enclave in Eastern Bosnia for 3 years during the war in the former Yugoslavia until his kidnap and disappearance at the hands of Serb forces during negotiations at an UNPROFOR base.

Paul Troop acted as junior in the joined cases of Behrami v France and Saramati v France, Germany and Norway in the Grand Chamber of the ECHR, a case concerning accountability of UN peacekeeping forces for breaches of human rights and he has also acted in other important ECHR cases such as the Grand Chamber case of Bleèiæ v Croatia [2006] ECHR 207, related to ethnic cleansing by discriminatory housing allocation and Uzun v Turkey 37410/97, where the court found a breach of the Article 2 right to life.

Hugh Southey has represented applicants in a number of cases before the European Court of Human Rights, most recently Shelly v United Kingdom, Application Number, 23800/06 in relation to the refusal to provide needle exchanges for prisoners.

Glen Hodgetts has also experience of taking case to the ECHR in cases such as TI v United Kingdom, Application number 43844/98, and Suqniki v United Kingdom, the latter concerning the potential deportation of a settled refugee from Kosovo in violation of his right to private and family life.

Glen Hodgetts is consulting editor of the United Kingdom Human Rights Reports published by Jordans and was formerly Consulting Editor of the Human Rights' Journal.

Recent news

• UN Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Appeals Tribunal Orders Retrial
  The UNICTY Appeals Tribunal today ordered the retrial of the three co-defendants in the case of Prosecutor v Haradinaj et al.
  21 July 2010
• Human Rights Workshop in Kampala, Uganda
  Richard Reynolds led a four day workshop on ‘Successfully litigating human rights abuse cases involving torture’.
  1 June 2010
• Woman Trafficked Into Prostitution Awarded £22,000
  A woman trafficked into prostitution has been awarded £22,000 under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. No prosecutions had been brought in respect of the offences against the woman.
  13 April 2010
• Paul Troop Admitted to Defence Counsel List at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
  Paul Troop has been admitted to the list of counsel eligible to represent accused before the Special Tribunal for Lebanon, based in the Hague. His appointment increases the number of Tooks counsel eligible to represent defendants and victims before the international criminal tribunals.
  15 December 2009
• Tooks Team Receives Special Recognition at 2009 Bar Pro Bono Awards
  A Tooks team, consisting of Paul Troop, Jude Bunting, James Mehigan, Richard Reynolds, Fouzia Khan and Greg O’Ceallaigh, was one of three nominees to be given special recognition at the award ceremony on 7 November 2009.
  12 November 2009
• Forced Labour and Trafficking in Persons, Turin 16-20 November 2009
  Sandhya Drew will be carrying out judicial training on forced labour and trafficking in persons at the ILO/ UNICRI training centre in Turin during the week of November 16-20.
  26 October 2009
• Sandhya Drew Invited to Speak at the Human Trafficking Conference
  The Human Trafficking Conference, organised by McKay Law Solicitors and Advocates, will be held in central London on the 4th November 2009
  22 October 2009
• Baha Mousa Public Inquiry
  The public inquiry examining the circumstances which led to the death of Baha Mousa and the ill-treatment of nine other Iraqi civilians while they were being detained and questioned by the British Army in Iraq in 2003 began sitting today.
  21 September 2009
• Peter Herbert to Represent Augustin Ngirabatware in the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
  Augustin Ngirabatware, who is charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, was arrested in Germany and extradited to stand trial before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ("ICTR") in Arusha, Tanzania.
  14 September 2009
• Nick Wrack Instructed to Represent Joe Glenton, the British Soldier Facing a Court Martial for Refusing to Fight in Afghanistan
  A Lance Corporal in the Royal Logistic Corps, Joe Glenton wrote to Gordon Brown at the end of July this year explaining why he will not fight. He plans to deny the charge of desertion because he believes the conflict is unlawful.
  3 August 2009