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With a significant backlog in cases, lack of funding, and many other structural shortcomings, the criminal justice system in England and Wales is not in a good shape.
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Zoletic offers a clearer, more consistent approach of the European Court of Human Rights regarding human trafficking and forced labour. However, the road towards completely clarifying the relationship is still long.
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Human rights have been hollowed out by governments during the so-called Global War on Terror by misusing the principle of derogation.
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