Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts High Court of Justice (Gran Bretagna)

Date: 01/17/2013

Subject: The High Court of Justice, establishing the competence to judge on the claim lodged, pursuant to the Human Rights Act, against actions of undercover agents (in the specific case, they started close relationships with some activists of an environmentalist group in order to obtain information), also recalls the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: AKJ, KAW, SUR v. Commissioner of police for the metropolis, Association of chief police officers; AJA, ARB, Thomas Fowler v. Commissioner of police for the metropolis, Chief Constable of South Wale police, Association of chief police officers

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Freedoms - Art. 6 Personal liberty - Art. 7 Privacy - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal

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