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Youssef v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

United Kingdom, England.  29 October 2013 ; 27 January 2016 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — United Nations Charter, 1945 — Chapter VII — Security Council — Sanctions Committee established by Security Council Resolution (“SCR”) 1267 (1999) having consolidated list — Persons named on list subject to freezing of funds, assets and economic resources — Al-Qaida and Taliban (Asset-Freezing) Regulations 2010 — Prerogative powers — Judicial review — Standard of review — Whether domestic court can subject Sanctions Committee decisions to merits review

International organizations — United Nations — Security Council — Security Council having primary responsibility for maintenance of international peace and security — Security Council Resolutions — SCR 1267 (1999) establishing Sanctions Committee — Measures against individual suspected terrorists — Consolidated list regime — Standard of proof required to list an individual suspected terrorist — Reasonable suspicion test — Balance of probabilities

Human rights — Prohibition of torture — Jus cogens — Sanctions Committee — Consolidated List — Torture-tainted evidence — Whether States obliged to inquire into reliance on torture-tainted evidence by other States

Terrorism — United Nations — Creation of permanent international system for combating terrorism — Security Council Resolutions — Suppression and prevention of financing and preparation of acts of terrorism — Implementation in European Union by EC regulations — Restrictive measures against individual suspected terrorists — Encroachments upon personal liberty — Prerogative powers — Principle of legality — The law of the United Kingdom

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© Cambridge University Press 2020

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