• tate@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    Debtor’s prison is pretty much universally considered a violation of basic human rights. In the US there is even a strong contingent of legal scholars who feel that cash bail cannot be justified.

    I apologize I don’t have time now to find a source for that.

    • bobburger@fedia.io
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      5 months ago

      I got you

      From [Wikipedia] (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debtors’_prison) about debtors prison:

      In 1963, members of the Council of Europe, an intergovernmental human rights organization based in Strasbourg, adopted the Protocol No. 4 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. Article 1 of the protocol states that “no one shall be deprived of his liberty merely on the ground of inability to fulfil a contractual obligation.” Currently, 42 states have ratified the protocol.[74]

      Article about cash bail reform

      I’m not sure if either of these apply to international flight risks.

      Maybe a better option would be to seize British passports and place offenders on a no fly list.

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        5 months ago

        I’m not a legal expert, but this talks about “inability to fulfill a contractual obligation” rather than the refusal to do so.

        I assume the problem is slightly different and it is mainly a problem of not being able to go after the money (perhaps at reasonable cost) if the travelers have it?