Revisiting the Five Techniques in the European Court of Human Rights

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Fiona de Londras is a Professor of Law at Durham University and former Co-Director of Durham Human Rights Centre. During the 2014/15 academic year, she is a Visiting Scholar at Oxford Human Rights Hub and Associate at the Human Rights for Future Generations Project of the Oxford Martin School.

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Revisiting the Five Techniques in the European Court of Human Rights

December 12, 2014

Fiona de Londras

Ireland v United Kingdom was the first inter-state case before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Decided in 1978, it revolved around internment in Northern Ireland and the techniques used by British forces when interrogating internees at the height of ‘The Troubles’. As regards the treatment of the internees, the Court found that the use of…