Islamic Republic of Iran

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

The judgment deals with the question of when asylum applications must be referred to the extended procedure due to their complexity instead of being decided under the accelerated procedure.

9 June 2020 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Switzerland

This copy of the Court's Reasons for Judgment is subject to formal revision prior to publication in the Commonwealth Law Reports.

18 June 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: High Court | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Administrative law - Arrival - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

24 June 2013 | Judicial Body: Finland: Supreme Administrative Court | Countries: Finland - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Iraq - Türkiye

9 May 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Circuit Court | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness Determination Procedures | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

8 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Application for judicial review.

27 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to education - Right to health - Social group persecution - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

22 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - UNHCR mandate | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Türkiye