Britain's Abu Ghraib?

The Use of Coercive Interrogation Techniques in Iraq

Keynote speaker: Professor William Schabas, director of the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, author of numerous texts on international human rights law, served on Sierra Leone's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Introduced by Phil Shiner of Public Interest Lawyers

Baha Mousa Annual Memorial Lecture
At 7pm on Tuesday 30 June 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
Northcliffe House
28 Tudor Street
London EC4Y 0AY Map...

Who was Baha Mousa?

Baha Mousa was an Iraqi civilian who died after 36 hours in British custody in Iraq. Baha Mousa was hooded and deprived of sleep and food.

A post mortem examination found that he had suffered at least 96 injuries before death. In a landmark ruling in the case of Al Skeini the House of Lords held that the Secretary of State for Defence acted in contravention of the Human Rights Act in denying a public inquiry into his death and that there was jurisdiction under Article 1 of the European Convention of Human Rights at the place of detention.

The Government announced a public inquiry in May 2008 which is due to start this summer. We think it fitting that an annual lecture is held in his memory so that his suffering is not forgotten.

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