Case Law

27 April 2015 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Regional instruments | Countries: Belgium - Iraq - Italy

9 December 2014 | Judicial Body: Germany: Oberverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Children's rights - Regional instruments | Countries: Belgium - Germany - Iraq

23 October 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Generalized violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Regional instruments | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 June 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Children's rights - Regional instruments - Safe third country - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

13 November 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Regional instruments | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Divisional Court: [2008] EWHC 3098 (Admin). Leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused. An admissibility application was subsequently made before the European Court of Human Rights; see Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom.

21 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Human rights law - Jurisdiction - Regional instruments - Right to life - War crimes | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Applications for judicial review. The Divisional Court judgment was, subsequently, appealed before the Court of Appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 7.

19 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - Jurisdiction - Prosecution vs persecution - Regional instruments - Right to justice - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Topic(s): Burden of proof - EU Qualification Directive - Kurd - Regional instruments - Shia | Countries: Iraq - Italy

On appeal from the Court of Appeal: [2006] EWCA Civ 327.

12 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Regional instruments - Right to liberty and security - Terrorism | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland