Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (Eire) - High Court

Date: 04/30/2009

Subject: The Court has established that article 3(2) of the Offence Against the State (Amendment) Act 1972, which does not allow the accused person to know the informers and undercover agents’ names, is not unconstitutional, nor in contrast with article 6 of the ECHR.

Original language: Irish

Classification: Justice - Art. 48 Presumption of innocence - Rights of defence - Art. 49 Proportionality of penalties

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