Tag Archives: UK

15 December 2011

Obligations of the UK in respect of a Pakistani national detained by the US in Afghanistan

At Lawfare, Robert Chesney notes an decision of the UK Court of Appeals (Civil Division) of 14 December that raises interesting questions of shared responsibility. The case is Yunus Ramhmatullah v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs et ano. The Court, by an opinion of the Master of the Rolls, held that a Pakistani man (Yunus Rahmatullah) held by the US military in Afghanistan may pursue a habeas corpus petition against the UK’s Secretary of State for Defence and for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. (more…)

6 July 2011

UK Case on Complicity in Torture Abroad

A UK Case dealing with the complicity of British Intelligence Agencies in acts of torture committed abroad is discussed in a blogpost on EJIL:Talk! by Dapo Akande.

Source: EJIL:Talk!

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