United Kingdom: The royal prerogative

Tajikistan Country Economic Memorandum

“…Competition in public procurement allows governments to deliver key goods and services for the population and businesses. The government acts as a consumer of goods and services, making purchases on behalf of 128 See, for example, PWC (2013); Poole (2010); IATA (2006); InterVistas (2006); Myburgh, Sheik, Fiandeiro, and Hodge (2006).…”

A post-colonial legal approach to the Chagos case and the (dis)application of land rights norms

“…Indeed, a worrisome hallmark of the Chagos case is the repeated and overzealous use by the executive of a legitimate but extreme form of power: the royal prerogative. The defining characteristic of prerogative power is that its exercise does not require the approval of parliament and is thus far removed from the modern archetype of legitimate law-making, which, in the British polity, is the act of parliament (Poole, 2010). Consequently, when implemented, it necessitates a careful historical inquiry to ascertain whether there is any precedent for the exercise of the power in the given circumstances.…”

Securitisation and Diego Garcia

“…The government reacted by suggesting that the Chagossians could relocate to other islands in the Chagos archipelago, but not to Diego Garcia. 93 In 2002 they won full UK citizenship, different from the colonial BIOT citizenship that they had claimed in the 1980s, which afforded them the right to reside neither in Britain nor in the actual BIOT. In 2003, a separate legal action was launched, demanding compensation and resettlement, which was rejected by the High Court.…”