5th July 2021
Summary of the casesH.F. and M.F. v. France(application no. 24384/19) was brought by the parents of a French woman, L., who is being held alongside her two children in al...
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Who were the applicants?tIn this casebefore the European Court of Human Rights the Court), which concerned aninvestigation into anairstrike in Afghanistan that killed theApplicants two sons. The two Afghan brothers,aged8...
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The facts of the caseIn this casebefore European Court of Human Rights, which concerned aninvestigation into anairstrike in Afghanistan that killed theApplicants two sons, RSI intervened on behalf of the...
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The facts of the caseThis case concerned the legality of the UK government's licencing of arms sales to Saudi Arabia. The case was anappeal against a 2017 High Court ruling...
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The facts of the caseThis case involved a determination of whether the UK Government was required to hold apublic inquiry into the killing of 24 unarmed civilians in Selangor by...
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The facts of the caseThis case involved a determination of whetherthe UK government had acted in breach ofArticles 2 and 3 ofthe European Convention on Human Rights the Convention) in...
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The facts of the caseTheapplications for judicial review concerned, in C and As case, the refusal of the Police Service of Northern Ireland PSNI) to give assurancesto solicitors acting for...
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The facts of the caseIn this case the House of Lordsthe Court)consideredwhether the refusal by the Secretary of State forDefenceto hold an inquiryinto the killing ofsix Iraqi civilians by members...
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The facts of the caseThe Appellants were individuals whothe Home Officesuspected to be terrorists, andwhohad all been detained without charge or trial undersection 23 oftheAnti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001the...
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The facts of the caseIn reMcKerrconcerned whether or notthe investigative obligationsfound inArticle 2 of the European Convention of Human RightsECHR)areengaged in domesticUKlaw when a death took place prior to the...
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The facts of the caseThis case was brought by the Northern Ireland Human RightsCommissionthe Commission)in order toconfirmits power tointerveneas a third party.TheCommissionwas set up by section 68 of theNorthern Ireland...
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The facts of the caseThe Applicant was arrested in January 1990andcautioned by police undertheCriminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1988.Hisrequestfor a solicitorwas denied, with a Detective Superintendent authorising a delay of...
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The facts of the case This case scrutinised the legality of the killing of three members of the Provisional IRA the suspects)by British Special Forces in 1988u2014widelyknown as the u201cGibraltar...
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