• 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?