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Al-Jedda v. United Kingdom

European Court of Human Rights.  07 July 2011 .

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

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Abstract

Human rights — Right to liberty — Internment without trial — Iraq — Whether internment compatible with European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 5(1) — Authorization by the United Nations Security Council — Whether capable of displacing obligations under Article 5(1) — United Nations Charter Articles 24, 25 and 103 — Security Council Resolution 1546 (2004) — Whether authorizing internment — Whether imposing obligation to employ internment

Human rights — Scope of application — Requirement that individual be within the jurisdiction of the respondent State — European Convention on Human Rights, Article 1 — Military operations authorized by the United Nations Security Council — Iraq — Security Council Resolution 1546 (2004) — Whether actions of United Kingdom contingent in Multi-National Force attributable to United Kingdom or United Nations

International organizations — United Nations — Security Council — Duty to maintain international peace and security — Resolutions — Interpretation — Presumption that resolution not intended to oblige State to act inconsistently with human rights obligations — United Nations Charter Articles 24, 25 and 103 — Security Council Resolution 1546 (2004)

State responsibility — Armed forces — Armed forces of State taking part in Multi-National Force authorized by United Nations Security Council — Whether actions of members of force attributable to State or to the United Nations

War and armed conflict — Belligerent occupation — Iraq — Hague Regulations, 1907, Article 42 — Duty of occupying power to maintain order — Internment — Whether occupying power required to use internment if necessary

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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2012

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