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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

• Adrian Fulford Sums Up ICC’s First Decade
  Mr Justice Fulford delivered a lecture yesterday on the first 10 years of the International Criminal Court. At an event organised by Tooks Chambers Adrian Fulford, who will shortly complete his 9 year term at the ICC, gave a wide ranging assessment of the way in which the ICC has changed attitudes to genocide.
  9 December 2011
• The Russell Tribunal on Palestine Opens its Third Session
  Michael Mansfield travelled to South Africa for the opening of the third session of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine on 5th November.
  10 November 2011
• Jane Russell Gives Paper on European Arrest Warrants
  Jane Russell has given a paper on European Arrest Warrants at the joint United Kingdom Association for European Law and Glasgow University Conference on "EU Criminal Law and the UK: Where do Rights come in?"
  24 May 2011
• Hannah Rought-Brooks Returns to Practice
  Tooks are pleased to announce that Hannah Rought-Brooks has returned to practice following her sabbatical in Palestine.
  16 March 2011
• Martin Huseyin Appointed to the List of Counsel of the International Criminal Court
  Martin Huseyin has been appointed to the list of counsel for defendants or victims of the International Criminal Court.
  16 February 2011
• Paul Troop Appears in Tariq in the Supreme Court
  Tariq v Home Office raises the compatibility with European Community law and the European Convention on Human Rights of the system of secret hearings using “special advocates” in equality cases.
  25 January 2011
• Kamran Choudhry Admitted to Defence Counsel List at the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
  Kamran Choudhry 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.
  13 September 2010
• Paul Troop Provides Training for the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
  Paul Troop spoke on the topic of The Crime of Terrorism in International Law for the Defence Office of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (“STL”). This was part of the mandatory training for those who are on the List of Defence Counsel that took place in The Hague between the 6 and 9 September 2010
  8 September 2010
• 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

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