United Kingdom -- Justice perverted: appeals under the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001"

رقم الوثيقة: EUR 45/029/2003
تاريخ النشر: 11 ديسمبر 2003
التصنيفات: أوربا وأسيا الوسطى, بريطانيا

Amnesty International considers that the application of Part 4 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (ATCSA) amounts to a perversion of justice. The organization believes that the emergency provisions of the ATCSA are inconsistent with international human rights law and standards, including treaty provisions by which the United Kingdom (UK) is bound. This report discusses the Act in relation to the denial of the presumption of innocence, dispensing with key fair trial guarantees and secret evidence adduced in closed hearings