Title Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom
Publisher Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
Author Fourth Section
Publication Date 30 June 2009
Country United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Iraq
Topics Criminal justice | Death penalty | Effective remedy | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions | Jurisdiction | Right to life
Citation / Document Symbol Application no. 61498/08
Related Document(s) ICJ and others intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Al-Saadoon and Mufhdi v. the United Kingdom
Cite as Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom, Application no. 61498/08, Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 30 June 2009, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,4a5360060.html [accessed 4 November 2019]
Comments Admissibility application. See also the judgment on merits: Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom; and the judgment of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): R (on the application of (1) Faisal Attiyah Nassar Al-Saadoon (2) Khalaf Hussain Mufdhi) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 7.
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