Relationship of international law and municipal law — Treaties — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 34 — Right of access to European Court of Human Rights — English courts refusing to permit disclosure of in camera evidence to European Court of Human Rights — Discretionary power of English courts — Whether exercise of discretion in breach of Article 34 of Convention — National security considerations — National authority competence — Role of European Court of Human Rights — Whether United Kingdom in breach of domestic or international law obligations

International tribunals — European Court of Human Rights — Independent international court — Non-disclosure of in camera evidence by domestic court — Whether domestic principles concerning access to material applicable — Role of European Court of Human Rights in deciding which material should be disclosed — Role of European Court of Human Rights in deciding whether breach of Article 34 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950

Human rights — Right of access to European Court of Human Rights — European Convention on Human Rights, 1950, Article 34 — Nature of right — Whether United Kingdom breaching right — Whether open to English courts to refuse to allow disclosure of in camera evidence to European Court of Human Rights — The law of the United Kingdom