{"title":"To What Extent Does the Privatisation of UK Detention Centres Cause the Erosion of the Article 3 ECHR Rights of Female Migrant Detainees and the Accountability of the State in Relation to This?","authors":"R. Chapman","doi":"10.1108/s1059-43372021000086a007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s1059-43372021000086a007","url":null,"abstract":"Article 3 is the absolute right to be free from subjection to torture and inhuman and degrading treatment. This chapter argues that privatisation has caused the erosion of the Article 3 rights of female migrant detainees because the system is less transparent and so the state is not properly held to account. This is particularly evident in the case law that has found the state to be in breach of Article 3 due to the inhuman and degrading treatment of detainees in relation to neglect for their vulnerable mental health by the Home Office. Furthermore, the erosion of Article 3 rights as a result of privatisation is also clear in the allegations of sexual violence that have been levelled at the private employees of UK detention centres by various female migrant detainees.","PeriodicalId":192544,"journal":{"name":"Privatisation of Migration Control: Power without Accountability?","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123190855","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"In Whose Best Interests? The UK’s Implementation of Child Rights for Unaccompanied Minors Amidst Competing Legal, Economic, Social and Humanitarian Considerations","authors":"K. Lee","doi":"10.1108/s1059-43372021000086a009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/s1059-43372021000086a009","url":null,"abstract":"Article 3 of the UNCRC requires member states to observe the ‘best interests of the child as a primary consideration in all actions concerning children, whether undertaken by public or private social welfare institutions, courts of law, administrative authorities or legislative bodies’. This chapter assesses how the UK’s immigration policy and practice discharges its obligations under the CRC with regard to its dealings with unaccompanied minor asylum seekers and refugees. After historically contextualising the interplay between international and national child rights legislation, this chapter explores the challenges arising from the Home Offices decision to outsource parts of the immigration service to the private sectors specifically around age determination, thus adding economic imperatives to polarised politically emotive migration discourse. It concludes that despite clear guidance from the British Courts to prioritise the best interest of the child; in reality, it is difficult to hold the State accountable for its implementation.","PeriodicalId":192544,"journal":{"name":"Privatisation of Migration Control: Power without Accountability?","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130005401","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}