Protection / Diplomatic assurances

Application for judicial review.

7 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Death penalty - Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refoulement - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - United States of America

Precedential. Petition for review of a decision of the Department of Homeland Security (A75-795-693) and appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania: D.C. Civil No. 07-cv-00992 (10 January 2007).

5 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Egypt - United States of America

Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus and to vacate the decision of the Secretary of Homeland Security to terminate the court-ordered deferral of removal of the Petitioner. Motion for Release from Custody. The decision was subsequently appealed before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: Nos. 07-2926 & 08-1094.

10 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United States District Courts | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Egypt - United States of America