title: Human rights and the rule of law.
abstract: This personal view was first delivered to the 5th Conference of the World Police Medical Officers in Clinical Forensic Medicine, in Vancouver, Canada, in August 1999 by the Right Honourable Sir Robert Carswell, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
authors.affiliation: Royal Courts of Justice, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Carswell