Guardian: UK fights to safeguard immunity of officials accused of torturing Britons
Christopher Greenwood QC, the international lawyer who advised the attorney-general that the Iraq war was lawful, will argue for the British government, which has intervened in support of Saudi Arabian officials accused of detaining and torturing four Britons in Saudi jails.
Posted on April 17th, 2006 at 9:48am under Chicken Nuggets, Evil of banality, Human rights, T.W.A.T., UK politics
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“It concerns jurisdiction, and the way in which civil damages can be sought against a foreign state for acts allegedly committed in its own territory.”
If that doesn’t work then HMG / TB (indistinguishable) will have an Order in Council that will negate everything the House of Lords, the Appeal Courts etc., decide.
qv the Chagos Islanders and Diego Garcia, their right to return, 30 years fight turned over last year by My Good Lady Amos, Leader of the Privy Council and defender of minorities and human rights.
Here is a very useful law report about the case
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/2006/04/uk-seeking-immunity-for-saudi.php