I think this ruling is pretty much a no-brainer for anyone with knowledge of the applicable law.
Daniel C. Boyer --- marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Human rights law 'applies to British troops in > Iraq'. > > The United Kingdom's highest court, the House of > Lords, ruled today that > the conduct of British troops in Iraq and other > countries is subjected > to EU human rights law. > > Law lords issued an historic four to one verdict > that the UK's > obligations under the European Convention on Human > Rights applied to > British forces deployed overseas in the case of an > Iraqi man who was > tortured to death in their custody four years ago. > > This is a massive breakthrough in my clients > efforts to secure > accountability for deaths and torture in detention, > Human rights lawyer > Phil Shiner said, who represented the father of the > murder victim Baha > Mousa. "Even when Mousa died after being hooded for > most of the 36 hours > he survived there was huge resistance at the highest > levels to stopping > hooding because of pressure from the US." > > An autopsy into Mousa's death found that the 93 > injuries to Baha Mousa > had been sustained by multiple soldiers, but only > one soldier, Corporal > Payne has ever been convicted of the crime. > > This historic ruling means that there can never be > a British Guantanamo > anywhere in the world, director of British civil > rights group Liberty > said. "British soldiers died in a war fought in the > name of human > rights. Yet our Government argued that the Human > Rights Act had no place > in Iraq. This decision means that Government must > now face up to its > obligations to detainees. Individual soldiers will > no longer carry the > can for systemic hooding and beating and worse. > > more... > http://pressesc.com/01181742135_house_of_lords_torture > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Got a little couch potato? Check out fun summer activities for kids. http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=summer+activities+for+kids&cs=bz _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
