Foreign Acts of Torture and the Admissibility of Evidence: The Judgment of the House of Lords in A and Others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (No. 2) |
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| Authors: | Thienel Tobias |
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| Institution: | * Walther Schücking Institute of International Law, University of Kiel, Germany. I would like to thank Mr Nicki Boldt for his valuable comments. All remaining errors of course are mine. |
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| Abstract: | The author discusses, from the point of view of internationalhuman rights law, the judgment of the British House of Lordsin A and Others v. Secretary of State for the Home Department(No. 2), which held that statements obtained by torture couldnever be admissible in evidence. The judgment is concluded tobe fully consonant with international law and to provide anexcellent example for other courts faced with this highly topicalquestion. |
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