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Human trafficking convention 'does not create new principles', Lord Judge says

Categories: Articles:Human Rights | Published: 23/02/2012 | Views: 1565
In what are understood to be the Court of Appeal's first rulings on child trafficking for labour exploitation, Lord Judge said implementation of the convention should normally be achieved by "long-established prosecutorial discretion". He said this enabled the CPS, however strong the evidence might be, to decide that it would be inappropriate to proceed with the prosecution of a defendant unable to plead duress as a defence but who falls "within the protective ambit" of article 26. "This requires a judgment to be made by the CPS in the individual case in the light of all the available evidence," Lord Judge said.  Solicitors Journal, 21 February 2012


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