Afghanistan

The French authorities had failed in their duties under domestic law. They were found responsible for the conditions in which the applicants had been living for several months: sleeping rough, without access to sanitary facilities, having no means of subsistence and constantly in fear of being attacked or robbed. The applicants had thus been victims of degrading treatment, showing a lack of respect for their dignity. The Court found that such living conditions, combined with the lack of an appropriate response from the French authorities and the fact that the domestic courts had systematically objected that the competent bodies lacked resources in the light of their status as single young men, had exceeded the threshold of severity for the purposes of Article 3 of the Convention. The three applicants N.H., K.T. and A.J. had thus found themselves, through the fault of the French authorities, in a situation that was incompatible with Article 3 of the Convention.

2 July 2020 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Reception - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Afghanistan - France - Georgia - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Russian Federation

4 November 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Flight by land, air or sea - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Reception - Regional instruments - Right to family life | Countries: Afghanistan - Italy - Pakistan - Switzerland

3 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Reception - Refugee / Asylum law | Countries: Afghanistan

21 December 2011 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Children's rights - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Reception - Right to seek asylum - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Algeria - Ireland

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision.

21 January 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Reception - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Afghanistan - Belgium - Greece

Heard on 20, 21, 22 & 23 July 2009. On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division: [2008] EWCA Civ 1445.

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

16 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

21 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Reception - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Eritrea

On appeal from the Queen’s Bench Division, Administrative Court: [2008] EWHC 1364 (Admin) . The Court of Appeal judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2009] UKSC 8.

18 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Criminal justice - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception - Right to family life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (HX/58241/2003).

29 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Involuntary repatriation - Persecution based on political opinion - Reception - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland