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

Índice: EUR 45/029/2003
Fecha de publicación: 11 diciembre 2003
Categorías: Europa y Asia Central, Reino Unido

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