Case Law

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Extrajudicial executions - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

8 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Unofficial translation.

16 February 2010 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Chechen - Combatants / Former combatants - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Internal armed conflict - International criminal law - Prosecution vs persecution - Serious non-political crime - War crimes | Countries: Germany - Russian Federation

16 February 2010 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Chechen - Combatants / Former combatants - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Internal armed conflict - International criminal law - Prosecution vs persecution - Serious non-political crime - War crimes | Countries: Germany - 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

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

Application for judicial review.

8 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Chechen - Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Canada - Russian Federation

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.

17 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Austria: Higher Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Chechen - Complementary forms of protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Austria - Russian Federation