PILN Bulletin 24 June 08

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In this issue:

1. Judge calls for State legal aid in cases raising public interest matters

2. Boumediene decision: Guantánamo Bay detainees have a right to pursue habeas challenges to their detention, rules US Supreme Court

3. Sikh ‘bangle case’ in the UK High Court

4. Scholarships for Civil Society Activists in UCD

5. Lunchtime law seminars in Ballymun, summer 2008

6. Human Rights Council adopts Optional Protocol on ICESCR

7. Law Lords consider UK computer hacker case

8. Women in UK wins right to review of law on assisted suicide

9. FLAC Public Interest Law seminar well attended