US EditionGovernment made ‘unlawful decisions’ over Chagos Islands, High Court told
Three Chagossians allege the UK Foreign Office failed to consult them on rights and resettlement amid the sovereignty transfer to Mauritius, seeking to quash unlawful decisions.
- On Tuesday, lawyers for Bertrice Pompe, Misley Mandarin and Michel Mandarin asked the High Court in central London for permission to sue the Foreign Office over alleged failures to consult Chagossians about their right to live in the Chagos Islands.
- Alleging systemic failings, the claimants say the Foreign Office did not treat the Chagossian people as an ethnic group or permit their right to self-determination, failing to lawfully consult on rights of abode, resettlement and territorial interests.
- Legislation to formalise the transfer was supported earlier this month and will face House of Lords scrutiny, following a last-minute High Court challenge that delayed signing but was dismissed, with Parliamentary approval still required.
- The Government opposed the challenge, arguing it would amount to a collateral attack on an international agreement, with Kieron Beal KC stating the BIOT `is not, and has never been, part of the UK`.
- No Chagossian has ever had a right of abode in the BIOT, and Mrs Justice Stacey will deliver her ruling later, with residents removed from Diego Garcia from 1971.
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Government Made ‘Unlawful Decisions’ Over Chagos Islands, High Court Told
Three people should be allowed to bring a High Court legal challenge against the Foreign Office over alleged “unlawful decisions or omissions” in relation to the Chagos Islands, the High Court has been told. Bertrice Pompe, Misley Mandarin and Michel Mandarin are seeking to challenge the Government over alleged failings, including not consulting Chagossians about a “right to abode” on the archipelago. In May, the UK agreed to hand over sovereign…
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Government made ‘unlawful decisions’ over Chagos Islands, High Court told
Three Chagossians are seeking to bring a legal challenge against the Foreign Office.
High Court Told Labour Made “Unlawful Decisions” Over Controversial Chagos Surrender – NATIONAL NEWS
Labour’s controversial plans to hand sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius came under fire in the High Court today, where judges were told that Sir Keir Starmer’s Government made “unlawful decisions” and failed to properly consult Chagossian Britons about their rights and homeland. Three British Chagossians, Misley Mandarin, Michel Mandarin, and Bertrice Pompe, are seeking permission to bring a full judicial review against the Governmen…
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