Torture Victims to Sue ; the World in Brief

Lincolnshire Echo › August 12, 2009

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VICTIMS of torture should have the right to sue foreign governments for damages through British courts, a committee of MPs and peers said today.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights called on ministers to lift state immunity, rejecting Government claims that the move would breach its international obligations.

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Torture Victims to Sue ; the World in Brief

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