Title UNHCR intervention before the High Court of Kenya in the case of Kituo Cha Sheria and others v. The Attorney General
Publisher UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
Publication Date 12 March 2013
Country Kenya | Somalia | South Sudan
Topics Freedom of movement | Immigration Detention | National security / Public order | Non-refoulement | Refugee camps | Right to liberty and security | Right to seek asylum | Urban refugees
Citation / Document Symbol Petition No. 115 of 2013
Other Languages / Attachments UNHCR intervention (abridged version)
Related Document(s) Kituo Cha Sheria and others v. The Attorney General
Cite as UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNHCR intervention before the High Court of Kenya in the case of Kituo Cha Sheria and others v. The Attorney General, 12 March 2013, Petition No. 115 of 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/5151b5962.html [accessed 9 October 2017]
Comments In the matter of the contravention of fundamental rights and freedoms under Articles 2, 3, 10, 20, 21, 27, 28, 29, 36, 39 and 259, of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya 2010, and in the matter of Articles 22, 23 and 258 of the Constitution of the Republic of Kenya 2010 and in the matter of the Refugees Act and in the matter of the intention of the Government of Kenya to move all refugees residing in urban areas to the Dadaab and Kakuma Refugee Camps with effect from 21.01.2013, in the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, Constitutional and Human Rights Division, Petition No. 115 of 2013