Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales Court of Appeal

Date: 11/18/2022

Subject: The decision of the England and Wales Court of Appeal, on the compatibility of the norms of the Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964 and of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of 1961 with the prohibition of torture and inhuman and degrading treatments, provided for by article 3 of the ECHR, in a case of abuses on underage children committed by a parent protected by diplomatic immunity

Parties: THE LONDON BOROUGH OF BARNET and AG (A Child) v THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN, COMMONWEALTH AND DEVLOPMENT AFFAIRS Respondent

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments - Equality - Art. 24 Children’s rights

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