This article is concerned with the return of torture and other related abusive conduct to the British counter‐insurgency arsenal following the initiation of military engagements in Afghanistan and Iraq in the early 2000s. It focuses primarily on how judges have engaged with the challenges that this torture and abusive conduct have posed, both in their capacity as judges proper and also as appointees to a range of inquiries that have been initiated in the wake of these actions. The article contrasts the post‐2001 work of judges with that during an earlier episode when such state abuse was also evident, Northern Ireland in the 1970s. Arguing that the judiciary has been drawn into the fray much more heavily than in the 1970s and across a great range of platforms, the article analyses this judicial involvement and posits explanations for it against the backdrop of a changing UK politico‐legal culture.

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过去和现在的英国酷刑：法官的角色

本文关注的是，在2000年代初开始在阿富汗和伊拉克进行军事接触之后，酷刑和其他相关的侮辱性行为又返回了英国的平叛军火库。它主要侧重于法官如何应对这种酷刑和虐待行为所构成的挑战，既以法官的适当身份，又以被任命者的身份应对这些行动之后发起的一系列调查。这篇文章将法官2001年以后的工作与1970年代北爱尔兰的早期情节（这种情节也很明显）进行了对比。认为司法机构比1970年代和在各种平台上受到的打击要大得多，