R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex parte Bancoult (No 2)
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R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex parte Bancoult (No 2)
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R v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, ex parte Bancoult [2008] UKHL 61 is a UK constitutional law case in the House of Lords concerning the removal of the Chagos Islanders and the exercise of the Royal Prerogative. The Chagos Islands, acquired by the United Kingdom in 1814, were reorganised as the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) in 1965 for the purpose of removing its inhabitants. Under a 1971 ordinance, the Chagossians were forcibly removed, and the central island o
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UK constitutional law case on the Chagos Islanders
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