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Arabella Lang

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    Treaty negotiations: when has the Government published its position?

    Thursday, 19 January, 2017

    How much information does the Government give Parliament about its position in advance of treaty negotiations? Is it bound to provide Parliament with information on its 'red lines' and strategies? This note looks at some past examples of White and Green Papers ahead of treaty negotiations.

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    • Defence equipment and spending
    • Defence policy
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Farming and fishing
    • Government
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • Monarchy
    • Parliament
    • The EU
  • Insight

    Brexit and Parliament: deal or no deal?

    Tuesday, 17 January, 2017

    • Insight
    • Parliament
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: how does the Article 50 process work?

    Monday, 16 January, 2017

    This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the process of withdrawing from the EU under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union. There could be a complex and difficult negotiation lasting two years or more, or the UK could leave without settling its exit terms or its future relationship with the EU.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Government
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • Monarchy
    • Parliament
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    UN Convention on the Rights of the Child: a brief guide

    Tuesday, 29 November, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing gives an overview of the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, what it covers and how it is enforced.

    • Research Briefing
    • Asylum
    • Benefits policy
    • Children and families
    • Children's social services
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Immigration
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • Nationality
    • Prisons
    • Schools
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit and the EU Court

    Monday, 14 November, 2016

    The High Court has ruled that the UK Government does not have prerogative power to give notice under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union for the UK to withdraw from the EU. The Government is appealing to the Supreme Court. Some press reports suggest the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) would have the last word on this. But can the CJEU rule on matters of UK constitutional Law? Many experts believe that the question central to the case, but not ruled on by the High Court, was whether Article 50 notice, once given, could be withdrawn. If it can be revoked, then the argument that Article 50 notice leads inevitably to a loss of rights under the European Communities Act 1972 might not hold. This paper looks at the questions of revocability and referral to the EU Court.

    • Research Briefing
    • EU law and treaties
    • Government
    • International law
    • Monarchy
    • Parliament
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: some legal, constitutional and financial unknowns

    Wednesday, 09 November, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing looks at some of the basic ‘unknowns’ relating to Brexit. The unknowns cover areas such as a role for the UK Parliament and the devolved legislatures in the Brexit process, relations with the EU institutions, the economic impact on the UK, and changes to citizens’ rights.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Farming and fishing
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Applying to the European Court of Human Rights

    Wednesday, 09 November, 2016

    Members of Parliament are often asked how constituents can take a case to the European Court of Human Rights. This Commons Library briefing summarises the main features of the process, and emphasises recent changes to it.

    • Research Briefing
    • Europe
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Commons Library Analysis of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] (Bill 66 of 2016-17)

    Tuesday, 25 October, 2016

    This Briefing Paper has been prepared for the second reading debate of the Cultural Property (Armed Conflicts) Bill [HL] 2016-17 on 31 October 2016. The Bill would enable the UK to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and accede to its two Protocols.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Culture, media and sport
    • International law
  • Research Briefing

    Selecting a new UN Secretary-General

    Thursday, 06 October, 2016

    Antonio Guterres is set to be the next UN Secretary General, the UN Security Council announced on 5 October 2016. This Library note explains about the process, the role and the criteria for selection, as well as describing the 2016 candidates.

    • Research Briefing
    • International organisations
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: impact across policy areas

    Friday, 26 August, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the situation in a range of policy areas and considers what impact Brexit might have. This will depend, among other things, on the Brexit negotiations, whether the UK stays in the European Economic Area and how the Government fills any policy gaps left by withdrawal.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Aviation
    • Business
    • Civil law
    • Climate change
    • Consumers
    • Criminal law
    • Culture, media and sport
    • Defence equipment and spending
    • Defence policy
    • Economic policy
    • Economic situation
    • Economy
    • Education
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Farming and fishing
    • Finance
    • Health
    • Health services
    • Higher education
    • Housing benefits
    • Immigration
    • Industry
    • Institutions
    • International development
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • International trade
    • Justice
    • Medicine
    • Nationality
    • Pensions
    • Press and media
    • Rail
    • Sciences
    • Security
    • Tax
    • The EU
    • Transport
    • Work and incomes
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: some legal and constitutional issues and alternatives to EU membership

    Thursday, 28 July, 2016

    This paper considers how the UK will leave the EU, some legal and constitutional issues, and possible alternatives to EU membership. What is the process for leaving the EU? Will the UK join a different grouping of states or go it alone? Will EU or UK citizens or businesses have any vested rights?

    • Research Briefing
    • Economy
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Government
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • Parliament
    • The EU
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    The South China Sea dispute: July 2016 update

    Tuesday, 12 July, 2016

    Southeast Asia is home to a range of complex territorial disputes, but the most intractable and combustible is the South China Sea dispute. Tensions between the rival countries have been on the rise in recent years. An Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea has ruled in favour of the Philippines in a case brought by that country against China.

    • Research Briefing
    • Armed forces
    • Asia Pacific
    • Economy
    • Institutions
    • International law
  • Research Briefing

    Brexit: what happens next?

    Thursday, 30 June, 2016

    Now that the UK has voted to leave the EU, what will happen next? This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the immediate consequences of the vote and some of the longer term implications. This paper considers various questions about UK withdrawal from the EU and what is likely to happen in the coming weeks and months. The issues include the method of leaving the EU, continuing parliamentary scrutiny of EU business and the withdrawal negotiations, and the implications of Brexit for Scotland and Gibraltar.

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    • Armed forces
    • Defence policy
    • Elections
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Government
    • House of Commons
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • Parliament
    • The EU
    • UK elections
    • Brexit
  • Research Briefing

    A new UK judge for the European Court of Human Rights

    Tuesday, 07 June, 2016

    Who will be the UK's new judge for the European Court of Human Rights? This Commons Library briefing paper looks at the two-stage process, the UK candidates, and recent criticisms and reforms.

    • Research Briefing
    • Civil law
    • Europe
    • Institutions
    • International law
    • International organisations
    • Justice
  • Research Briefing

    EU Referendum: analysis of the UK’s new EU Settlement

    Thursday, 26 May, 2016

    This Commons Library briefing looks at the new Settlement for the United Kingdom within the European Union agreed at the European Council on 17-19 February 2016. The Settlement consists of seven texts: a Decision and a Statement of Heads of State or Government and five Declarations.

    • Research Briefing
    • Economic situation
    • Economy
    • EU institutions
    • EU law and treaties
    • Europe
    • Finance
    • Government
    • Parliament
    • The EU

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