Immigration law / Extradition

6 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Courts of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Canada - United States of America

On appeal from: [2009] EWHC 995 (Admin).

24 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Extradition - Right to family life | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - United States of America

On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

25 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Extradition - Habeas corpus - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military courts - Prisoners of war | Countries: Panama - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

7 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Death penalty - Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refoulement - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - United States of America

On appeal from: [2007] EWHC 1109 (Admin).

10 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Precedential. Petition for review of a decision of the Department of Homeland Security (A75-795-693) and appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania: D.C. Civil No. 07-cv-00992 (10 January 2007).

5 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Egypt - United States of America

Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and to vacate the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security to terminate the court-ordered deferral of removal of the Petitioner. Motion for Release from Custody. The decision was subsequently appealed before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Nos. 07-2926 & 08-1094.

10 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States District Courts | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Egypt - United States of America

6 January 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries