{"id":17544,"date":"2020-09-11T10:57:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T10:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/?p=17544"},"modified":"2021-06-28T08:19:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T08:19:00","slug":"how-the-uk-government-could-effectively-decriminalise-torture-in-3-easy-steps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reprieve.org\/uk\/2020\/09\/11\/how-the-uk-government-could-effectively-decriminalise-torture-in-3-easy-steps\/","title":{"rendered":"How the UK Government could effectively decriminalise torture in 3 easy steps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Overseas Operations Bill is being pushed through Parliament this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s been sold to MPs and the public as legislation to protect British soldiers. But senior military figures have concerns. They believe the Bill, in its current form, would effectively decriminalise torture. That\u2019s why they are calling on the Government to rethink it \u2013 and we are too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Chief of the Defence Staff Field Marshall Lord Guthrie, has spoken out against the Bill. He says that it \u201c<em>provides room for a de facto decriminalisation of torture.<\/em>\u201d [1]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the \u201ctriple lock\u201d against prosecutions and why does it matter?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The Bill would effectively decriminalise torture by introducing a \u201ctriple lock\u201d against prosecutions. Broken down, the \u201ctriple lock\u201d is three new barriers that will make it virtually impossible to prosecute torturers after five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The first is an unprecedented \u2018presumption against prosecution\u2019 for offences that happened more than five years ago. That means that after five years, prosecutions should only ever happen in \u201cexceptional\u201d circumstances. Even if there is strong evidence of torture, and even if a prosecution could be firmly in the public interest, the Government wants independent authorities to \u2018presume\u2019 that a prosecution won\u2019t happen. In other words, prosecuting torturers will not be the default in the UK.<\/li><li>The second builds on the first. It will force prosecutors to give \u201cparticular weight\u201d to the reasons \u201cagainst\u201d prosecutions \u2013 even when the offence is torture. But independent prosecutors already have to take these factors into account. So this extra requirement in the Bill can mean only one thing: that Ministers want to ensure prosecutors do not go after torturers.<\/li><li>But in case these two barriers weren\u2019t enough, there\u2019s a third and final one. The Attorney General will be able to block prosecutions using a Ministerial veto power. That means that the Government\u2019s own chief legal advisor can decide to ignore hundreds of years of domestic law, as well as international law against torture \u2013 the same laws that the UK Government helped set up after the Second World War.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>The effect of these barriers would be to effectively decriminalise torture. Nicholas Mercer \u2013 the British army\u2019s chief lawyer during the war in Iraq and now a retired Lieutenant Colonel \u2013 says the \u2018triple lock\u2019 will make the prospect of prosecutions \u201cbasically nil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is decriminalisation \u2013 and how does it work here?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Decriminalise: to remove or reduce the criminal classification or status of especially : to repeal a strict ban on while keeping under some form of regulation [2]<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bill in its current form \u2013 including the \u2018triple lock\u2019 \u2013 would have the effect of \u2018remov[ing] or reduc[ing] the criminal classification or status\u2019 of torture offences in the UK \u2013 effectively decriminalising torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decriminalisation affects the way in which certain offences are treated in practice: for instance, where authorities turn a blind eye or prosecutors decline to pursue cases (for example, in the case of some drug offences), this is an example of decriminalisation. The crimes in question may remain on the statute books, but their criminal status is lessened. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reprieve\/status\/1311588002733477889\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Find out more.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the Bill mean to the soldiers the Governments claims it protects?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If the Bill becomes law in its current form, it will reverse centuries of history, put UK soldiers at risk and jeopardise operations overseas. And that\u2019s why British soldiers are speaking out against the Bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Defence\u2019s own doctrine states, \u201cthere are no circumstances in which torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment can ever be justified.\u201d [3] So why does the Government want to protect torturers? It\u2019s not about protecting soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lieutenant Colonel Mark Goodwin-Hudson states that \u201cit\u2019s misleading to suggest that this bill is to protect our soldiers\u201d. Rather, where the UK gets involved in abuses, \u201cit puts British soldiers in greater danger.\u201d [4]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nicholas Mercer makes clear that the Bill is instead designed to \u201cprotect the Government.\u201d He adds that it will ensure that \u201cwar crimes in the future are effectively sealed off.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s not acceptable. So, we\u2019re calling on the Government to amend the Overseas Operations Bill.\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.reprieve.org\/page\/65310\/petition\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">You can too \u2013 join the campaign here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>[1] \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/letters-to-the-editor-eu-double-standard-on-trade-deal-talks-b3p2tkgq6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Letters to the Editor: EU double standard on trade deal talks<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;<em>The Times<\/em>&nbsp;June 7, 2020.<br>[2] \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.merriam-webster.com\/dictionary\/decriminalize\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Decrimimalize<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Merriam Webster<\/em>&nbsp;(accessed September 11, 2020).<br>[3] \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/assets.publishing.service.gov.uk\/government\/uploads\/system\/uploads\/attachment_data\/file\/455589\/20150820-JDP_1_10_Ed_3_Ch_1_Secured.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Joint Doctrine Publication 1-10: Captured Persons (CPERS)<\/a>,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Minister of Defence<\/em>&nbsp;(January 2015).<br>[4] Watch a clip of our interview with Mark Goodwin-Hudson&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reprieve\/status\/1299306381397372929\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Overseas Operations Bill is being pushed through Parliament this year. 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