
176: Significant Cases of 2022
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The Human Rights Defence in a Case Like This
The attorney general referred jurors to clarify the scope of the human rights defence in a case like this. The jury was asked to ask themselves if convicting defendants would be a proportionate interference with their right to freedom thought, conscience and expression. If they could not answer yes then that will mean no human rights defence couldn't even arise for an accusation of criminal damage says the court of appeal.
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