Torture (Damages) Bill
By: REDRESS
Posted: Aug 7 08
Witnessed: 444 times
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Torture/ill treatment
bill, justice, torture
Torture (Damages) Bill Campaign:
Justice is a torture survivor’s right. It is also an essential part of the healing process and sends a clear sign to perpetrators that torture will not be tolerated, wherever it takes place.
Yet, torture survivors in the UK have been denied the opportunity to seek redress against the regimes responsible for their torture.
Under the State Immunity Act 1978, as a general rule, foreign States are immune from the jurisdiction of the UK courts. This means that torture survivors in the UK are unable to seek justice in UK courts for the torture they endured overseas.
The Torture (Damages) Bill, a Private Members’ Bill, proposes an exception to the State Immunity Act. It will allow torture survivors to seek justice through the courts in England and Wales, where they have been denied this right in the State in which they were tortured.
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