United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee)

On appeal from the England and Wales Court of Appeal: [2003] EWCA Civ 475.

16 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Immigration Detention - Kurd - Rejected asylum-seekers - Temporary admission | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from: [2003] EWCA Civ 1605.

26 May 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Lithuania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Court of Appeal: [2003] EWCA Civ 1369. On 27 May 2008, the European Court of Human Rights (Grand Chamber) held that there would be no violation of Article 3 of the Convention in the event of the applicant being removed to Uganda: N v. United Kingdom (Application no. 26565/05).

5 May 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from [2002] EWCA Civ 1403. The Convention relating to the Status of Refugees 1951 (United Nations) Art.1C(5) and the proviso to it could not be relied on before it had been determined whether an asylum seeker was entitled to refugee status under Art.1A(2), and in any event the proviso only applied to "statutory refugees" under Art.1A(1) to which it expressly referred and there was no general practice of states to apply the proviso to all refugees.

10 March 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from: [2002] EWCA Civ 1502.

16 December 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from: [2003] EWCA Civ 666.

9 December 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Airports - Roma - Visas | Countries: Czech Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from: [2002] EWCA Civ 1856.

17 June 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Human rights and fundamental freedoms | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from: [2003] EWCA Civ 840.

17 June 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Expedited procedures - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Mental health - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Safe third country | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from: [2001] EWCA Civ 1196.

20 March 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from [2001] EWCA Civ 681. UNHCR intervened in this case.

20 March 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland