International humanitarian law (IHL) / International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions

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17 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - War crimes | Countries: Latvia

25 February 2010 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Genocide - International courts and tribunals - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Tutsis - War crimes | Countries: Rwanda

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 | Topic(s): Extradition - Habeas corpus - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military courts - Prisoners of war | Countries: Panama - United States of America

Heard at Birmingham, 10 June 2008 and Field House, 23 January 2009. NH (Iraq-Yazidis) Iraq CG [2004] UKIAT 00306 is no longer to be followed.

2 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to life - Security situation - War crimes - Yazīdī | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 November 2009 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - International courts and tribunals - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - War crimes | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

27 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Human rights law - Immunity - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Right to self-determination - War crimes | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 July 2009 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Bosnian - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Muslim - Torture - War crimes | Countries:

Admissibility application. See also the judgment on merits: Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom; and the judgment of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): R (on the application of (1) Faisal Attiyah Nassar Al-Saadoon (2) Khalaf Hussain Mufdhi) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 7.

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/09525/2007 and AA/03993/2007)

24 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - EU Qualification Directive - Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Rejected asylum-seekers - Security situation | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

22 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United States District Courts | Topic(s): International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Right to liberty and security - Terrorism | Countries: United States of America