A Note on Strasbourg Cases Given Recent Events
Finally finished a paper this afternoon (around 2:12 PM) on an issue that might be a bit of a distraction for the 2006 elections, particularly given recent admissions about the CIA’s detention and interrogation system overseas and all the related hubbub. In this article, we took a look at the following cases and how they applied to liability exposure for member-states of the European Convention on Human Rights.
We took a look at a few known and unknown cases reviewed by the Strasbourg Court: Ireland v. The United Kingdom (violation of prohibition against inhuman treatment for deprivation of food and water, prolonged exposure to noise, prolonged placement in stress positions, etc.); Selmouni v. France (violation of prohibition against torture, beatings, sodomizing with baton); Ilascu v. Moldova and Russia (violation of prohibition against inhuman treatment within territorial jurisdiction, beatings, deprivation of food and water); Soering v. The United Kingdom (potential violation of prohibition against inhuman treatment for extradition to Virginia’s death row); Chahal v. The United Kingdom (potential violation of prohibition against inhuman treatment for extradition of separatist to India); Ahmed v. Austria (potential violation of prohibition against inhuman treatment for extradition of dissident to Somalia); Jabari v. Turkey (potential violation of prohibition against inhuman treatment for extradition to Iran for adultery).
If you have the time, read these cases. Wonder who is running the CIA. Celebrate.
The Comments
Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.