PILN Bulletin 20 August 08

PILN Bulletin 20 August 08

In this issue:

1. Equality Tribunal finds Englishman racially abused in Irish workplace;
2. UK: Statutory scheme requiring Secretary of State’s permission for marriage by people who were subject to immigration control or were illegal entrants is disproportionate;
3. South Africa: Applicant who successfully brought constitutional case demanding better housing, dies aged 39;
4. UK: Rape victims warned that alcohol consumption before their attack may reduce compensation;
5. UK: Update on computer hacker extradition case;
6. US: Legislation expanding a student loan forgiveness programme for students who become legal aid lawyers, state or local prosecutors and public defenders signed into law;
7. Law Society of Ireland launches its Legal Aid Taskforce Report, 5 September 2008
8. Digital Story Telling Workshop, aimed at asylum seekers and refugees, hosted by DIT, FOMACS and RIS, starts 16 September 2008;
9. Judicial Diversity: Strategies for Change, Evening Seminar, hosted by ICCL and Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, University College Cork, 18 September 2008.