Asset Freezing, Social Security, and Human Rights
Kings College Law Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 402-411, 2008
10 Pages Posted: 12 Jan 2011 Last revised: 2 May 2012
Date Written: 2008
Abstract
This case analysis discusses a recent decision of the Court of Appeal concerning restrictions placed on the payment of certain social security benefits in the context of the UN asset freezing regime. The case is an interesting example of the sort of new questions coming before the courts in the post-9 11 world and raises a number of issues worthy of note. In particular, it raises the question of the approach which national and supranational courts should adopt to balancing the implementation of anti-terrorism measures with the upholding of the principles of human rights (and their application in practice).
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