Other provisions in Part 1 Civil recovery of the proceeds of gross human rights abuses or violations
This provision expands the definition of ‘unlawful conduct’ within Part 5 of POCA to include conduct outside the UK by a public official that constitutes gross human rights abuse (defined as torture or inhuman, cruel or degrading treatment) of a person on the grounds that they have been obtaining, exercising, defending or promoting human rights, or have sought to expose gross human rights abuse conducted by a public official. Activity by any person that is connected with such conduct is also caught within the expanded definition. As a result, any property obtained through this conduct will be subject to the existing civil recovery powers within Part 5 of POCA.