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Justice Ministry To Let Asylum Seeker Legal Aid Contract With Icelandic Red Cross Expire
The Ministry of Justice’s contract with the Icelandic Red Cross, in which lawyers working for the Red Cross provide legal and interpretative services to those seeking international protection in Iceland, will be allowed to expire on April 30, Vísir reports. [su_pullquote]We have…
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Changes To Law On Foreigners In The Works, Stricter Measures For Asylum Seekers Proposed
A draft of a bill from the Ministry of Justice proposing a number of changes to the Law On Foreigners expands police powers, evokes compulsory medical procedures, and gives veto rights to the chair and vice chair of the Immigration Appeals Board,…
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VIDEO: Icelandic Police Again Use Force Against Peaceful Protesters
A sit-in at the Ministry of Justice ended with an unusual degree of force from the Icelandic police, video and firsthand accounts attest. A video posted by the group Refugees in Iceland shows seven members of the refugee rights group No Borders…
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Judge, Jury And Executive: How Our Former Justice Minister Inadvertently Ended Her Post
Iceland got a new justice minister this month, after a dramatic ruling by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found former justice minister Sigríður Á. Andersen had illegally appointed judges to the Icelandic Court of Appeals. The finding casts into question…
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Justice Ministry Advertises For Asylum Seeker Services
The Ministry of Justice is currently advertising for contractors who want to provide application and counseling services for asylum seekers in Iceland, with the hopes of creating an independent body for the process. The advertisement in question was posted to the EU’s…
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The Body Electorate
While waiting at a doctor‘s office a couple of weeks ago, I was paging through a recent copy of Séð og Heyrt, a weekly magazine that chronicles the lives and loves of Iceland‘s rich and/or famous/infamous. The particular issue featured photographs of…