United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 48816
Armed Forces: Human Rights
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17 October 2016
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25 October 2016 · Answer
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Defence
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25 October 2016
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 against British soldiers in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan the Government subsequently found to be spurious in each year since 2009-10.
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17 October 2016
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many claims under the Human Rights Act 1998 against British soldiers in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan the Government subsequently found to be spurious in each year since 2009-10.
Source: Commons
25 October 2016
Answer
Legal actions citing the Human Rights Act, whether judicial reviews or personal injury claims, are normally brought against the Secretary of State for Defence rather than against individual Service personnel (on the basis that the Ministry of Defence is v...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-10-17/48816
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/604009
- uk · wq-604009 · source updated 25 October 2016