FO 371/185214
Legal jurisdiction in Persian Gulf states, 1966
This file contains correspondence relating to:
Progress in return of jurisdiction to the Gulf Rulers (1)
Proposal to abolish capital punishment in HMG's jurisdiction (2, 5, 9)
Comments on Sir John Whyatt's draft model decree on the subject of human rights and the issue of whether Gulf Rulers would enact such a decree (3)
Annual Report for 1965 by Judge Whyatt (6)
Discussion of jurisdiction in cases concerning British forces personnel in Bahrain, draft copies of the Bahrain Order, 1966 and the retrocession of HMG's jurisdiction (7)
Suggestion that the Fugitive Offenders Act