‘Hooded men’: dissenting judge says approach unduly narrow
Thrust and detail in revision request made by Ireland ‘appears to have been ignored’
An Irish judge at the European Court of Human Rights has said the her colleagues took a ‘unduly narrow’ approach in their decision in the ‘hooded men’ case.
The Irish judge in the ruling on Tuesday by the European Court of Human Rights in the “hooded men” case has said her colleagues took a “unduly narrow” approach in their decision.
Judge Síofra O’Leary, in a dissenting judgment, said she did not agree with her six colleagues in the seven-judge Chamber that rejected an application from the Irish Government that the treatment of 14 men by the British Army in Northern Ireland in 1971, constituted torture.