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Human rights

10 July 2015
Issue: 7660 / Categories: Case law , Law digest , Human rights
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​Al-Saadoon and others v Secretary of State for Defence [2015] EWHC 1769 (Admin), [2015] All ER (D) 264 (Jun)

The claimants were Iraqi civilians who claimed either that a relative had been unlawfully killed, or that they had themselves been subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment by British soldiers, or as a result of actions of British soldiers, during the period when British forces were operating in Iraq between 2003 and 2009. The present judgment recorded reasons for orders made following a case management hearing.

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