A group of experts – including the ICJ – has urged the British Government to remedy key shortcomings in the way the Inquiry will operate to ensure an effective and transparent process in which victims can participate.
In an open letter to Prime Minister David Cameron, the Government’s planned ‘Detainee Inquiry’ faces further harsh criticism, with the seventeen distinguished international human rights experts stating that “the powers currently given to the Inquiry are seriously deficient and that it will be unable to properly fulfil the UK’s human rights obligations.
UK-detainee inquiry-open letter-2012 (full text in English, PDF)