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Written question asked by Lord Hylton (Crossbench), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Shutt of Greetland (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 27 September 2010.


Human Rights

Question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the comments of Mr Thomas Hammarberg, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, on juvenile justice, pre-trial detention of elected representatives and others, demining of villages and resettlement of refugees in Turkey.
Answer

The Government welcome Mr Hammarberg’s recent comments on juvenile justice, pre-trial detention of elected representatives, demining of villages and resettlement of refugees. We consider Mr Hammarberg to be an authority on this subject.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
1758; 720 c455WA
Session
2010-12
Notes
Answer received between Monday 2 August and Monday 9 August 2010.
Subjects
Bomb disposal Human rights Refugees Remand in custody Youth justice Turkey Politicians
Link
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