Wednesday, January 13, 2010

News: European Court of Human Rights Renders Judgement concerning UK's Terrorism Act 2000

The ECHR has held that the expanded search powers granted to police under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 violate Article 8 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.

Story from the Telegraph
Note on the case on the Legalift Blog

The judgement is currently available on the ECHR's HUDOC service under "List of recent judgments."

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