Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 01/14/2014

Subject: The decision in which the Court deemed not in contrast with the right to take legal action before an independent court the decision of the House of Lords according to which the State’s immunity applies in civil cases involving torture of British nationals by Saudi Arabian officials abroad

Parties: Jones e altri c. Regno Unito

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Torture - Justice - Art. 47 Right to an effective remedy before a tribunal