The Court considered that entrusting the investigation into an allegation against the police to a special agency of the police dealing with disciplinary investigations was an ‘element that reinforces the independence of the inquiry, as the agent conducting it was, in principle, independent of those involved in the events’.
Citations:
17060/03, [2007] ECHR 407
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Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights
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Cited – Morrison v The Independent Police Complaints Commission and Others Admn 26-Oct-2009
The claimant made a complaint of a serious assault by the police, by the use of a Taser. The defendant had referred the complaint to the IPCC, who said that they should investigate it themselves. The claimant said that to accord with his human . .
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Human Rights, Police
Updated: 11 July 2022; Ref: scu.253194