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Belhaj v Straw

[2017] UKSC 3
JurisdictionUnited Kingdom
Year2017
Statusunclear

Key Principle

The foreign act of state doctrine does not bar claims alleging UK complicity in rendition and torture; the doctrine does not apply where fundamental rights are at stake.

Area of Law

public-law

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