Recommendation 18

The prohibition of police complaints shuts down yet another avenue for the State to discharge its procedural obligations under the Convention. Whether this results in a breach of Convention rights will depend on whether the ICRIR can solely discharge the obligations to undertake effective investigations in the absence of any other mechanisms. In the absence of any inquests or criminal investigations, the ability to pursue police complaints would become even more important for the discharging of the UK’s procedural obligations.