英国欲立法对抗欧洲人权法院
刘立军 供稿
TRANSCRIPT
The British government is to present proposals to parliament today that would override the power of the European court of human rights. The bill of rights enables the government to ignore injunctions from the court in Strasbourg in France, such as its decision to block Britain’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Dominic Casciani reports.
Most of this package was first entailed last December, including plans to restrict foreign offenders using family life under the Human Rights Act to avoid deportation. There are also new rules for judges telling them to put British laws before judgments from the European court of human rights if the two are in dispute, although they can in theory do that already. Critics say the proposals will make it harder for people to take human rights claims to courts in the UK, placing too much power in the hands of ministers.
VOCABULARY
1. proposal n. a formal suggestion or plan; the act of making a suggestion 提议;建议;提案
2. parliament n. the parliament of the United Kingdom, consisting of the House of Commons and the House of Lords 英国议会(包括下议院和上议院)
3. override v. to be more important than sth. 比……更重要;凌驾
4. injunction n. an official order given by a court which demands that sth. must or must not be done (法院的)强制令,禁制令
5. deportation n. the act of expelling a person from their native land 驱逐出境
QUESTIONS
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
The British government is to present proposals to parliament today that would override the power of the European court of (Q1) ___________. The bill of rights enables the government to ignore (Q2) _____________ from the court in Strasbourg in France, such as its decision to block Britain’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Dominic Casciani reports.
Most of this (Q3) __________ was first entailed last December, including plans to restrict (Q4) _______________ using family life under the Human Rights Act to avoid (Q5) __________________. There are also new rules for judges telling them to put British laws before (Q6) _____________ from the European court of human rights if the two are (Q7) _____________, although they can (Q8) _____________ do that already. Critics say the proposals will make it harder for people to take human rights claims to courts in the UK, placing too much (Q9) _____________ in the hands of (Q10) ______________.
KEY
Read the passage. Then listen to the news and fill in the blanks with the information (words, phrases or sentences) you hear.
The British government is to present proposals to parliament today that would override the power of the European court of (Q1) human rights. The bill of rights enables the government to ignore (Q2) injunctions from the court in Strasbourg in France, such as its decision to block Britain’s plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda. Dominic Casciani reports.
Most of this (Q3) package was first entailed last December, including plans to restrict (Q4) foreign offenders using family life under the Human Rights Act to avoid (Q5) deportation. There are also new rules for judges telling them to put British laws before (Q6) judgments from the European court of human rights if the two are (Q7) in dispute, although they can (Q8) in theory do that already. Critics say the proposals will make it harder for people to take human rights claims to courts in the UK, placing too much (Q9) power in the hands of (Q10) ministers.
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