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R (Sandiford) v. Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
Abstract
Treaties — Human rights treaties — Application — Scope — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Article 1 — Duty of parties to secure rights and freedoms under European Convention to persons within their jurisdiction — Concept of jurisdiction primarily territorial — Extraterritorial jurisdiction in exceptional cases only — Strasbourg jurisprudence — Al-Skeini — Exceptional category of acts of diplomatic and consular agents amounting to exercise of jurisdiction when these agents exerting authority and control over others — Whether exception applicable — Whether appellant within jurisdiction of the United Kingdom for purpose of Article 1 of European Convention — Whether Article 6 of European Convention imposing any obligation on United Kingdom in respect of appellant
Consular relations — Diplomatic relations — Consular agents — Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, 1963 — Whether obliging United Kingdom to use its diplomatic or consular agents to fund defence in Indonesia of a United Kingdom citizen — Whether any relevant acts of diplomatic and consular agents — Whether any relevant exercise of authority or control by such agents over appellant — Whether extraterritorial exception applicable — Whether appellant within jurisdiction of United Kingdom for purposes of Article 1 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Whether Article 6 of European Convention imposing any obligation on United Kingdom in respect of appellant
Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Jurisdiction — Whether appellant within jurisdiction of United Kingdom for purpose of Article 1 of European Convention — Appellant seeking funding for legal representation in capital proceedings — United Kingdom Government policy not to fund legal assistance — Whether United Kingdom obliged to provide funds under European Convention — Strasbourg jurisprudence — Al-Skeini — Whether United Kingdom Government’s blanket policy to refuse to consider providing funding legal under domestic law — Whether determinative — Whether Article 6 of European Convention imposing any obligation on United Kingdom in respect of appellant
Human rights — Right to a fair trial — Article 6 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — Whether appellant within jurisdiction of United Kingdom for purpose of Article 1 of European Convention — Whether extraterritorial exception applicable — Whether any relevant acts of diplomatic and consular agents — Whether any relevant exercise of authority or control by such agents over appellant — Whether Article 6 of European Convention imposing any obligation on United Kingdom in respect of appellant — The law of the United Kingdom
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