Human rights / Right to justice

On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal.

26 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Canada - Morocco

En appel de la Cour d’appel fédérale.

26 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Canada - Morocco

Acción de tutela: instaurada por Patricia Buriticá Céspedes en nombre propio y en representación de “Alianza Iniciativa de Mujeres Colombianas por la Paz” (IMP), y otras mujeres víctimas de la violencia, contra el Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia y la Fiscalía General de la Nación.

16 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Human rights activists - Internal armed conflict - Right to justice - Right to life - Women's rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: Colombia

Application for judicial review.

12 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Right to justice - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Security situation | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/03874/2006).

14 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - EU Qualification Directive - Legal representation / Legal aid - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to justice | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

11 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Extradition - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to family life - Right to justice - Roma | Countries: Poland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission: Omar Othman (aka Abu Qatada) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/15/2005). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: RB (Algeria) (FC) and Another v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; OO (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10.

9 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Independence of judiciary - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Terrorism | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal against the notice of intention to deport.

2 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Palestinian - Right to justice | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Court of Appeal ([2006] EWCA Civ 1140), and the High Court ([2007] EWHC 651 (Admin)).

31 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Pre-trial detention - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Terrorism | Countries: Libya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Sentencia de 4 de julio de 2007.

4 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Indigenous persons - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia