The UK Court of Appeals on Tuesday rejected [judgment text] an attempt to force the government to hold a public inquiry into the UK's decision to go to war in Iraq [JURIST report]. Two mothers of soldiers appealed a lower court decision [text; JURIST report] that they could not challenge the government's refusal to hold a public inquiry. The families sought to argue that the refusal violates Article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights [PDF text] requiring that a proper, adequate investigation be conducted when lives are lost.
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