In Pursuit of Pinochet: the legal implications of the arrest of Augusto Pinochet in London in October 1998
Michael Byers, 21 January 1999
The Arrest of Augustuo Pinochet in London last October, at the request of a Spanish magistrate, marked the beginning of a saga that has already had a significant effect on international law and the British Constitution. At the same time it has exposed a profound uncertainty in the British Government’s commitment to ethics, human rights and international law in the making of foreign policy.
