Guidance

MOD decisions on alleged human rights breaches during Operation Telic

Decisions on Ministry of Defence investigations into alleged breaches of Article 2 and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) during military operations in Iraq.

The UK government is obliged to investigate credible or arguable breaches of Article 2 and Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) that arise from UK military operations in Iraq. In some cases, this obligation will require a further inquiry upon completion of the Iraq Historic Allegations Team (IHAT) or the Service Police Legacy Investigations (SPLI) criminal investigation.

Summary information on the MOD’s decisions and the reasons for them can be found in the Article 2 and Article 3 documents on this page.

Claimants are able to obtain the full decision by providing their name, investigation number, and e-mail address to: DJEP-IFIdecisions@mod.gov.uk.

Case decisions

Published 31 July 2017
Last updated 18 June 2019 + show all updates
  1. Added the MOD decisions on Article 3 for June 2019.

  2. Added the updated english and arabic version of the decisions on articles 2 and 3, as of 30 April 2019.

  3. Updated the Arabic and English attachments.

  4. Added translation

  5. Updated the contact email address.

  6. Updated Article 2 and 3 in English and Arabic to reflect further decisions made.

  7. Updated Article 2 cases in both English and Arabic.

  8. Added updated MOD decisions on Article 2 cases.

  9. Added translation