In 2006 the BHRC participated as amicus curiae in the United States Supreme Court case of Hamdan v Rumsfeld. In a landmark ruling endorsing submissions made by the BHRC and others the Court held that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay were entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions and that the Military Commissions then established for trials at Guantanamo Bay failed to respect basic due process guarantees.
In 2007 the BHRC participated as one of a number of interveners in the case of Al Skeini v Secretary of State for Defence [2007] UKHL 26. In accordance with the BHRC's submissions the House of Lords held that the Human Rights Act 1998 did extend to protect detainees held by British forces in Iraq.
In 2006 the BHRC participated as amicus curiae in the United States Supreme Court case of Hamdan v Rumsfeld. In a landmark ruling endorsing submissions made by the BHRC and others the Court held that detainees held at Guantanamo Bay were entitled to the protections of the Geneva Conventions and that the Military Commissions then established for trials at Guantanamo Bay failed to respect basic due process guarantees.
In 2007 the BHRC participated as one of a number of interveners in the case of Al Skeini v Secretary of State for Defence [2007] UKHL 26. In accordance with the BHRC's submissions the House of Lords held that the Human Rights Act 1998 did extend to protect detainees held by British forces in Iraq.
