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Al Nashiri v. Romania (application no. 33234/12)

violations of Article 3: failure to effectively investigate allegations and because of its complicity in the CIA’s actions that had led to ill-treatment; violations of Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 8 (right to respect for private life), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) in conjunction with Articles 3, 5 and 8, violations of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time), and Articles 2 (right to life) and 3 taken together with Article 1 of Protocol No. 6 (abolition of the death penalty) because Romania had assisted in Mr Al Nashiri’s transfer from its territory in spite of a real risk that he could face a flagrant denial of justice and the death penalty.

31 May 2018 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction | Countries: Romania - Saudi Arabia - United States of America

Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania (application no. 46454/11)

violations of Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights, because of the Government’s failure to effectively investigate Mr Husayn’s allegations and because of its complicity in the CIA’s actions that had led to ill-treatment; and violations of Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 8 (right to respect for private life), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), in conjunction with Article 3.

31 May 2018 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction | Countries: Lithuania - Palestine, State of - United States of America

Trabelsi v. Belgium

4 September 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Suspensive effect | Countries: Belgium - Tunisia - United States of America

Weinong Lin v. Holder, Attorney General

19 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Political asylum | Countries: China - United States of America

Adiam Hebtemariam v. Holder, Attorney General

19 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Sealed Petitioner (also known as J.T.) v. Sealed Respondent

6 May 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Jamaica - United States of America

Jinquan Lio v. Holder, Attorney General

2 May 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions | Countries: China - United States of America

Radi v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration and Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness)

31 March 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Albania - Canada - United States of America

Olukayode Ganiyu Saka v. Holder, Attorney General

23 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America

Jian He Zuang, et al, v. Holder, Attorney General

11 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: China - United States of America

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