Human rights / Arbitrary arrest and detention

The case mainly concerns the applicants’ complaints, under Article 5 of the Convention, that their arrest and detention as migrants in an irregular situation were unlawful, and that they were not informed of the reasons for their arrest and had no effective access to the procedure to challenge the lawfulness of their arrest and detention. It also concerns the eighth applicant’s complaint under Article 3 that she, a minor at the time, was not provided with adequate care in detention in connection with her pregnancy and the miscarriage she suffered.

16 July 2020 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Eritrea - Guinea - Somalia - Ukraine

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

18 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

17 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Ireland

Application for judicial review.

4 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Rejected asylum-seekers - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No AA/11128/2005).

27 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evangelical - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of movement - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Eritrea

4 December 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland