Case Law

12 May 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Algeria

10 November 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

21 October 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Nepal

22 September 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Disappeared persons - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

7 August 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

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