On his return to the Young Offenders Institution, the applicant was found with positive indications of contact with drugs, and he was removed from association. He complained that his human rights had been infringed, contending that the ‘right’ in issue was the right to association, being the right to maintain relationships with other prisoners as an aspect of the right to private life under Article 8 and the right to liberty within the confines of the prison.
Held: The decision in issue did not involve a criminal charge or a civil right and Article 6 is not applicable.
Judges:
Weatherup J
Citations:
[2004] NIQB 44
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Cited by:
Cited – King, Regina (on The Application of) v Secretary of State for Justice CA 27-Mar-2012
In each case the prisoners challenged their transfer to cellular confinement or segregation within prison or YOI, saying that the transfers infringed their rights under Article 6, saying that domestic law, either in itself or in conjunction with . .
Lists of cited by and citing cases may be incomplete.
Northern Ireland, Prisons, Human Rights
Updated: 11 June 2022; Ref: scu.199400