The Law Reports (Appeal Cases)
[2006] 2 AC 221
House of Lords
A and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department (No 2)
[2005] UKHL 71
2005 Oct 17,
18,
19,
20;
Dec 8
Dec 8
Lord Bingham of Cornhill, Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead, Lord Hoffmann, Lord Hope of Craighead, Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord Carswell and Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood
Human rights
— Right to fair trial
— Suspected international terrorists
— Secretary of State issuing certificates to detain under temporary emergency statutory provisions
— Detention on basis of reasonable belief and suspicion
— Alleged reliance on evidence of third parties subject to torture in foreign state
— Whether evidence admissible
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Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c 24)
ss. 21, 23, 25
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Special Immigration Appeals Commission (Procedure) Rules 2003 (SI 2003/1034), r 44(3)
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Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1990) (Cm 1775), art 15