Jordan

6 November 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - False documents - Palestinian - Prison or detention conditions | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

25 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to family life | Countries: Germany - Jordan

4 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - National security / Public order - Palestinian - Refugees - Terrorism | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): MT (Algeria), RB (Algeria), U (Algeria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWCA Civ 808; and Othman (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290.

18 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention refugee - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - National security / Public order - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Decision on preliminary issue. Whether the procedural safeguards considered in the House of Lords’ judgment in Secretary of State for the Home Department v MB [2007] UKHL 46 in proceedings about control orders apply with equal force to substantive appeals to the Commission.

27 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Immigration Detention - Mental health - National security / Public order - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission: Omar Othman (aka Abu Qatada) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/15/2005). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: RB (Algeria) (FC) and Another v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; OO (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10.

9 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Independence of judiciary - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Terrorism | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal against the notice of intention to deport.

2 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Palestinian - Right to justice | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal against the notice of intention to deport. The decision was subsequently quashed by the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): Othman (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290.

26 February 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Right to family life - Right to justice - Right to life - Terrorism | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for review from a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.

9 August 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Jordan - United States of America