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UK-ECHR: Legal safeguards regarding covert surveillance of a detainee’s consultations with his lawyer were insufficient at the time of his custody

27 October 2015

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"The applicant in the case of R.E. v. the United Kingdom (application no. 62498/11), who was arrested and detained in Northern Ireland on three occasions in connection with the murder of a police officer, complained in particular about the regime for covert surveillance of consultations between detainees and their lawyers and between vulnerable detainees and “appropriate adults”. In today’s Chamber judgment in the case the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been: a violation of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life, home and correspondence) of the European Convention on Human Rights as concerned the covert surveillance of legal consultations.."

See the full text: Legal safeguards regarding covert surveillance of a detainee’s consultations with his lawyer were insufficient at the time of his custody (Press release, pdf)

And: Judgment: Full-text (pdf)

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