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Article: Confusion over Pinochet.(the Law Lords of the United Kingdom have rendered an odd decision in the Pinochet case, in which extradition to Spain will be allowed, but only to be tried on cases of torture allegedly taking place after December 1988 )(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- March 27, 1999
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In their new judgment, Britain's Law Lords have thrown mud into already murky waters
THIS week the eyes of the world were again on the Law Lords, the judges of Britain's highest court. And, once again, they have made a hash of the Pinochet case. Lawyers and judges will be scratching their heads for months, if not years, over the convoluted reasoning deployed by the seven Law Lords. A majority of them have decided that General Augusto Pinochet, Chile's ex-dictator, can be extradited to Spain to face charges of torture, but only for a handful of acts allegedly committed after December 1988. That is when Britain implemented the 1984 Torture Convention with domestic ...
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