The savage and barbarous crimes committed in Chile and the territories of other states including the USA, Spain and Italy are not within the functions of a head of state in English law, the law of nations, or the law of Chile.

We didn't get here in time due to a severe hangover. So I missed them getting stuffed by the All Blacks. But I've got a lot of Kiwi mates who have been willing to tell me all about it.

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An act of torture by a public official anywhere in the world is an offense under United Kingdom law. It becomes simply facile to argue that these offenses are a matter for Chile and no one else.

We invite the lords decisively to reject the repugnant notion, offensive to all notions of human rights, that the general was entitled to immunity on the grounds that the offenses were committed in the course of official functions as head of state.

That's good news. But it's no cause for complacency.