UK suffers another humiliating defeat by ECtHR
Court of Human Rights rejects UK Government appeal over Section 44 stop and search powers
30 Jun 2010
Today the European Court of Human Rights confirmed it has rejected the British government’s final appeal over section 44 stop and search powers.
In January 2010, the Court ruled in the case of Gillan and Quinton v the United Kingdom that section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (the broad police power for stop and search without suspicion) violated the right to respect for private life guaranteed by Article 8 of the Convention on Human Rights. In April 2010 the Government requested that the case be referred to the Grand Chamber of the Court but this has now been refused, making the January judgment final.
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