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5月23日付けBBC報道によると「チャゴス島民たち 法廷闘争に勝利」として要旨次のように報じた。
インド洋にある英領チャゴス群島にアメリカ軍基地が建設されるため、1960年代から70年代にかけて島民たちは強制移住させられたが、住民たちは島への帰還権を求めて訴訟を起こし、2000年に英高等法院は島民たちの帰還権を認める判決を出した。英政府は控訴していたが、控訴審はこれを棄却し１審同様、島民の帰還権を再度認めた。英政府は最高裁への控訴を検討中という。
ただし判決は、群島中の米軍基地のあるディエゴガルシア島への帰還は認めていない。現在、ディエゴガルシア島はイラクやアフガンへの米軍出撃基地になっている。
BBC記事は次のとおり ⇒
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6683205.stm
Chagos families win legal battle
Font size="-1">The islanders have been protesting for the right to return to the island
Families expelled from the Chagos Islands by the British have won their legal battle for the right to return home at the Court of Appeal.
Some 2,000 residents were forced out when the British colony in the Indian Ocean was leased to the US in the 1960s to build an airbase at Diego Garcia.
The government took the case to the Court of Appeal after two earlier rulings declared the actions unlawful.
It has a month to decide whether to appeal to the House of Lords.
Many former residents of the Chagos Islands now live in Mauritius or in the UK.
They were evicted from their homes on the Chagos archipelago between Africa and Indonesia, in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Lord Justice Sedley, giving the lead ruling, said the government's use of the Order in Council under the Royal Prerogative - powers that allow action without reference to Parliament - was an unlawful way of preventing the islanders from returning.
Lord Justice Waller said the decision had been taken by a government minister "acting without any constraint".
The UK Chagos Support Association welcomed the court's decision and also urged the government not to appeal again.
Chairman Robert Bain said: "The government knows the Chagossians have no independent means to resettle the islands.
"To accept the islanders' right to return but do nothing about it - as it did between 2000 and 2004 - would be meaningless and immoral."
Earlier rulings
The Diego Garcia base, which was crucial during the Cold War, has gained new significance in recent years as a launching point for bombing missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In 2000, the courts ruled that Chagossians could return to their homes in 65 of the islands, but not to Diego Garcia. The then Foreign Secretary, Robin Cook, said the government would not appeal.
But in 2004 the government used the royal prerogative to effectively nullify the decision.
Last year the High Court overturned the order and rejected government argument that the royal prerogative, exercised by ministers in the Queen's name, was immune from scrutiny.
The government took the case to the Court of Appeal, saying the High Court ruling seriously affects the government's control over security matters and its legal relationship with overseas territories.
If you are from the Chagos Islands we would very much like to hear from you or if you have been affected by this story your comments would be very welcome.
- Re: 文脈がねじれているため本文１行目を次のように訂正 gataro 2007/5/26 10:31:02
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