Hearings
England & Wales
25 Nov 1998 [2000] 1 AC 61; [1998] 3 WLR 1456; [1998] 4 All ER 897, HL(E)
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex p Pinochet Ugarte (No 1)
See also
Subject Matter
INTERNATIONAL LAW — State immunity — Former head of state — Request for extradition in respect of crimes of torture and hostage-taking when applicant head of state — Whether immunity in respect of acts performed in exercise of functions as head of state — Whether governmental acts of torture and hostage-taking attributable to functions of head of state — Whether proceedings non-justiciable as involving investigation into acts of foreign state — Diplomatic Privileges Act 1964, s 2(1), Sch 1, arts 29, 31, 39 — State Immunity Act 1978, ss 1(1), 14(1), 20(1) — Taking of Hostages Act 1982, s 1(1) — Criminal Justice Act 1988, s 134(1)
Appellate History
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex p Pinochet Ugarte (No 1) [2000] 1 AC 61; [1998] 3 WLR 1456; [1998] 4 All ER 897, HL(E)
Decision of the House of Lords set aside.
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate, Ex p Pinochet Ugarte (No 2) [2000] 1 AC 119; [1999] 2 WLR 272; [1999] 1 All ER 577, HL(E)