Civil Servants’ Union Challenges Rwanda Plan

A trade union representing civil servants has submitted an application for a judicial review of the government’s Rwanda plan on grounds the measures could force staff to break the Civil Service Code. The FDA union said on Wednesday that under the terms of the Safety of Rwanda Act, a minister could direct civil servants to ignore an order from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) blocking a deportation. The union said this would conflict with the Civil Service Code which dictates that civil servants must act in accordance with the law, including international law. FDA General Secretary Dave Penman said that the challenge “is not about the policy itself,” but that the union had to protect the interests of its members and the integrity of the code....