Whether
in the case of such ill - treatment any positive obligation is confined to a requirement to put
in place the necessary
structure to enable such investigation to be conducted but does not extend to the conduct of an individual investigation into a particular alleged
crime.
This appeal considered whether there is an obligation under the Human Rights Act 1998, s 6, read with ECHR, art 3, to investigate ill - treatment which has been perpetrated by a private individual without any complicity of a public authority, and / or whether
in the case of such ill - treatment any positive obligation is confined to a requirement to put
in place the necessary
structure to enable such investigation to be conducted but does not extend to the conduct of an individual investigation into a particular alleged
crime.