"The United Nations will investigate whether Britain is breaching human rights law by arbitrarily detaining prisoners trapped on abolished indefinite jail terms, The Independent can reveal. Campaigners and their legal team are launching a landmark complaint on behalf of five men who have served a combined total of 84 years incarcerated under Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms, including for minor crimes, as highlighted by The Independent."
"Although the sentence was scrapped in 2012 following a damning ruling from the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), it was not abolished retrospectively, and successive governments have resisted calls to resentence more than 2,500 still languishing without a release date. However, following his appointment as justice secretary and deputy prime minister in last week's cabinet reshuffle, campaign group IPP Committee in Action is calling for Mr Lammy to finally put right the miscarriage of justice."
A landmark complaint will be lodged with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of five men who have served a combined 84 years under Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences. A 2021 letter from David Lammy acknowledged the IPP implementation was tragically flawed and caused severe mental trauma, noting many low-risk offenders serve IPP for minor past offences. The IPP sentence was scrapped in 2012 after a European Court of Human Rights ruling but not applied retrospectively, leaving over 2,500 people without release dates and prompting calls for resentence and redress.
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