Case Law

Application for judicial review.

7 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Public health - Right to life - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of

Ninety-seventh session of the Human Rights Committee (12 to 30 October 2009).

3 December 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Uzbekistan

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

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

24 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Reconciliation - Right to family life - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala

Human Rights Committee, Ninety-seventh session, 12 to 30 October 2009. Adopted in English, French and Spanish, the English text being the original version.

23 November 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Australia - China

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

19 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Pre-trial detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to life | Countries: Kazakhstan - Ukraine

16 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Right to life - SGBV - Women-at-risk | Countries: Mexico

Application for judicial review.

19 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Right to life | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria