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Stephen Skinner (University of Exeter)
European Human Rights Law Review E.H.R.L.R. (2010) No.1 Pages 85-93
Discusses the implications of the European Court of Justice decision in Giuliani v Italy (23458/02) in which it was established that the 2001 shooting of a G8 summit demonstrator in Genoa by an auxiliary carabiniere did not constitute a breach of the European Convention on Human Rights …
Articles in: Police Law
Giuliani and Gaggio v Italy: The Context of Violence, The Right to Life and Democratic Values
February 22, 2010 | No CommentsGovernment’s Proposals on DNA Retention Incompatible with ECHR
January 22, 2010 | No CommentsReport published by the Equality and Human Rights Commission
Publication Date: 05 January 2010
The Equality and Human Rights Commission has informed the …
Failed by police – the woman whose rape complaint was lost in pile of paperwork: two officers disciplined in landmark settlement: cctv footage destroyed by time blunder
December 8, 2009 | No CommentsIn the first case of its kind in the UK, a woman suffering from bipolar disorder took legal action against Cambridgeshire police, alleging the force’s failure to record her rape as a crime breached her human rights. The woman discovered the mistakes made when she called the police two months after her assault, which took place in December 2005, by …
Art. 13 Effective Remedy, Art. 14 Prohibition of Discrimination, Art. 34 Victim Status, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Mental Health, Police LawCleared Dando suspect challenges Surveillance Order: Barry George wants court to free him from monitoring: risk remains, say Police, despite 2008 acquittal
December 8, 2009 | No CommentsAn unprecedented legal challenge is being made by Barry George, acquitted of killing Jill Dando in a 2008 retrial, to stop the authorities monitoring his movements under a multi-agency public protection arrangement (Mappa), which he argues is a breach of his human rights. Mr George is on the lowest level of Mappa monitoring under which he must inform his local …
Art. 05 Right to Liberty and Security, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure, Police LawDaniel Morrison v Independent Police Complaints Commission & Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis & Secretary of State for the Home Department – [2009] EWHC 2589 (Admin)
November 9, 2009 | No CommentsThe investigation of a complaint of police ill treatment by the same police force complained of did not breach the European Convention on Human Rights 1950 art.3 as the availability of an appeal of the investigation to the Independent Police Complaints Commission and the possibility of criminal proceedings against the relevant officers ensured that such an investigation was sufficiently independent.
The …
