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For those following rule of law issues in the UK- a reminder that a Government decision on the Finucane case is due by 30 November.
This is important for us all, esp the legal community.
Patrick Finucane was a criminal solicitor shot dead in 1989. /1
This is important for us all, esp the legal community.
Patrick Finucane was a criminal solicitor shot dead in 1989. /1
/2 Last year the Supreme Court declared there had not been an Article 2 (right to life) compliant inquiry into his death:
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2017-0058-judgment.pdf
Before that, in 2003, the ECHR also found Art 2 had been violated and that there had been no proper investigation into his murder.
https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2017-0058-judgment.pdf
Before that, in 2003, the ECHR also found Art 2 had been violated and that there had been no proper investigation into his murder.
/3 The Committee of Ministers @coe have been supervising the implementation of this decision.
In September, they gave the Govt a deadline in December to confirm how they intend to conduct an Art 2 investigation into Mr. Finucane's death:
https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016809f62ce
In September, they gave the Govt a deadline in December to confirm how they intend to conduct an Art 2 investigation into Mr. Finucane's death:
https://search.coe.int/cm/Pages/result_details.aspx?ObjectID=09000016809f62ce
/4 The Finucane family have been campaigning for a full public inquiry for decades.
The campaign is supported by hundreds of lawyers around the world as well as a raft of intl' human rights orgs.
Patrick's old law firm Madden Finucane links some here: https://madden-finucane.com/pat-finucane-case-overview/our-supporters/
The campaign is supported by hundreds of lawyers around the world as well as a raft of intl' human rights orgs.
Patrick's old law firm Madden Finucane links some here: https://madden-finucane.com/pat-finucane-case-overview/our-supporters/
/5 I always remember what Geraldine Finucane said:
"Pat would have represented the people who shot him."
The decision of the Government in the next few weeks- matters not only to the family but also to those concerned with the rule of law + the role of lawyers in protecting it.
"Pat would have represented the people who shot him."
The decision of the Government in the next few weeks- matters not only to the family but also to those concerned with the rule of law + the role of lawyers in protecting it.
