Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom (dec.) [GC]

Information Note on the Court’s case-law No. 17

April 2000

Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom (dec.) [GC] - 35763/97

Decision 1.3.2000 [GC]

Article 6

Criminal proceedings

Article 6-1

Access to court

State immunity:admissible

[This summary also covers the decision in the case of Fogarty v. the United Kingdom, no. 37112/97, 1 March 2000]

Each of the applicants brought civil proceedings which were unsuccessful as a result of the State Immunity Act. The first applicant brought proceedings against Kuwait in respect of alleged torture;  the second applicant brought proceedings against the US government, her former employer in London, in respect of alleged sex discrimination.

Admissible under Article 6 § 1.

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