Passive smoking in prison not a breach of human rights – Court of Appeal – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted April 15th, 2014 in appeals, detention, human rights, news, prisons, smoking by tracey

‘Smith, R (on the application of v Secretary of State for Justice and G4S UK Ltd [2014] EWCA Civ 380. This case raises the question of whether it is a breach of a non-smoking prisoner’s Convention right to respect for his private life and to equality of access to such rights (ECHR Articles 8 and 14) to compel him to share a cell with a smoker.’

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UK Human Rights Blog, 14th April 2014

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