• The Devlin Commission, officially the Nyasaland Commission of Inquiry, was a Commission of Inquiry set up in 1959 under the chairmanship of Mr Justice...
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  • a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1960 to 1964. In 1959, Devlin headed the Devlin Commission, which reported on the State of Emergency declared by the...
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  • (2002), The Devlin Commission, pp. 23-4. McCracken, (2012). A History of Malawi, 1859–1966, pp. 356, 358–9. Simpson, (2002), The Devlin Commission, pp. 22-4...
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  • Armitage Report (category Constitutional commissions)
    discredit the Devlin Report initially, and to justify its rejection of many of the Devlin Commission's findings, in the longer term the Devlin Report helped...
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    After the emergency, a commission headed by Lord Devlin exposed the failings of the Nyasaland administration. The Commission found that the declaration...
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  • was described in some detail in the Devlin Commission report (Colonial Office Report of the Nyasaland Commission of Inquiry, HMSO, London, 1959) and that...
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  • Simpson, Brian. (Spring, 2002) Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, "The Devlin Commission (1959): Colonialism, Emergencies, and the Rule of Law." Page. 17....
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  • Godzilla (1998 film) (category Films with screenplays by Dean Devlin)
    hired in May 1996 to direct and co-write a new script with producer Dean Devlin. Principal photography began in May 1997 and ended in September 1997. Godzilla...
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  • released on the same day as the Devlin Report. The Colonial Office obtained an early draft of the Devlin Commission's report and passed a copy to Armitage...
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  • be flooded to accommodate the Kariba Dam. After the report of the Devlin Commission into disturbances in neighbouring Nyasaland was published in 1959...
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  • Stargate (film) (category Films with screenplays by Dean Devlin)
    Roland Emmerich, written by Emmerich and one of the film's producers Dean Devlin. The film is the first entry in the Stargate media franchise and stars Kurt...
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    Esmeralda Devlin CBE RDI (/ɛz/; born 24 September 1971) is an English artist and stage designer who works in a range of media, often mapping light and...
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  • Nyasaland, which led to the declaration of a state of emergency and the Devlin Commission. "Donald King". The Times. 7 May 1997. p. 23. Baker, Colin (1997)...
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  • action". This letter was published as an appendix to the report of the Devlin Commission investigating disturbances in Nyasaland, and it clearly suggested...
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    people in the camps were emaciated and sickly. The report of the Devlin Commission in July 1959 concerning the suppression of demonstrators in Nyasaland...
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  • public ceremony. After his time in the Gambia, he was a member of the Devlin Commission of Enquiry into the Nyasaland disturbances of 1959 and served as the...
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  • Stuart Leslie Devlin AO CMG (9 October 1931 – 12 April 2018) was an Australian artist and metalworker who specialised in gold and silver. He designed coins...
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    very quickly so it could be released on the same day as the Devlin Report. The Devlin Commission concentrated on three areas: the State of Emergency, the...
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  • O'Kelly Peter McDonald as Jonathan Devlin Amy Macken as Katy and Jessica Devlin Leah McNamara as Rosalind Devlin Jonny Holden as Damien Donnelly Sam...
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  • Secretariat in New York from 1946 to 1947. In 1959 he was a member of the Devlin Commission on Nyasaland, and he was an observer at the 1980 Southern Rhodesian...
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  • of Africans had been physically abused by the troops involved. The Devlin Commission later upheld complaints about frequent house burnings, arbitrary fines...
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  • January 1987) is an Irish actress. She is known for her roles as Clare Devlin in Channel 4's sitcom Derry Girls (2018–2022) and Penelope Featherington...
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    action". CBS News. January 28, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2021. Barrett, Devlin; Frosch, Dan (February 4, 2017). "Federal Judge Temporarily Halts Trump...
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    original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved July 7, 2019. Zapotosky, Matt; Barrett, Devlin; Merle, Renae; Leonnig, Carol D. (August 10, 2019). "Jeffrey Epstein dead...
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  • supporter of the Federation. In 1959, he prepared a memorandum for the Devlin Commission rejecting a rapid transition to independence and, in the Nyasaland...
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    Nyasaland African Congress, was sent to prison. Turkey supported the Devlin Commission of 1959 that exonerated Hastings Banda. Following declaring independence...
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    the original on November 25, 2023. Retrieved November 25, 2023. Barrett, Devlin; Epstein, Kayla (July 24, 2019). "Senate votes to extend 9/11 victims fund...
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    shooter; at least 16 dead, official says". The Washington Post. Barrett, Devlin; Stein, Perry; Berman, Mark; Horton, Alex (October 26, 2023). "What we know...
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  • Nyasaland where he said the Government had been condemned by its own Devlin Commission. He looked forward confidently to re-election, having dealt with 456...
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  • Martina Devlin is a novelist and newspaper columnist from Northern Ireland. Devlin was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. She worked in Fleet...
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