Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales Court of Appeal

Date: 12/21/2010

Subject: The Court deems the Government policy to “wait and see” the result of an internal investigation of the Ministry of Defence on abuses suffered by some Iraqi nationals during their detention, before starting a public investigation, compatible with the obligations imposed on States by art. 3 of the ECHR to start an independent and effective inquiry in cases of torture

Parties: The Queen (on the application of Ali Zaki Mousa) v Secretary of State for Defance

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments

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