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IN the joined appeals of Belhaj v Straw and Rahmatullah (No 1) v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 3, the UK Supreme Court held that state immunity and the foreign… Click to show full abstract
IN the joined appeals of Belhaj v Straw and Rahmatullah (No 1) v Ministry of Defence [2017] UKSC 3, the UK Supreme Court held that state immunity and the foreign act of state doctrine did not prevent claims against the British Government alleging complicity in human rights abuses and breaches of peremptory norms of international law.
Keywords:
complicity human;
rights abuses;
human rights;
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Journal Title: Cambridge Law Journal
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Cambridge Law Journal
Year Published: 2017
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