Sentence:  In "A v. UK", the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights held that Part 4 of the 2001 Act [the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001] was not a strictly necessary response to the acknowledged emergency evidenced by the attacks in the USA and that the detention of the applicants was in breach of Article 5 [of the European Convention on Human Rights]. This conclusion is noteworthy given that the European Court has in the past adopted a deferential if not <WSD>supine</WSD> approach when assessing the legality of derogations under Article 15. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Reluctant to take action due to indifference or moral weakness; apathetic or passive towards something.