Case Law

3 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Cambodia

17 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Torture - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Greece - Turkey

17 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Diplomatic assurances - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Regional instruments - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Torture - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

29 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Malta: Civil Court, First Hall (Constitutional Jurisdiction) (Qorti Civili, Prim' Awla (Gurisdizzjoni Kostituzzjonali)) | Countries: Libya - Malta - Somalia

7 July 2011 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Hindu - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-refoulement - Political parties - Refoulement - Torture | Countries: Bangladesh - Sweden

26 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Cambodia

15 December 2009 | Judicial Body: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Jurisdiction - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Chad - Senegal

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 decision.

17 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Torture - Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) | Countries: France - Mauritania