Soldiers To Comply With HR Act Abroad
R (Al-Skeini and others) v Secretary of State for Defence (Aire Centre and 10 others intervening)
HL
Weekly Law Reports Summary
13 June 2007
S 6(1) of the Human Rights Act 1998 was capable of applying to acts committed by a UK public authority outside its territory where in exceptional circumstances the victim was “within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom” for purposes of art1 of the European Convention on Human Rights.