Afghanistan

2 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Immigration Detention - Regional instruments | Countries: Afghanistan - Bulgaria - Switzerland

asylum seekers’ detention is arbitrary and contrary to their right to liberty if the State fails to demonstrate on an individual basis that their continuous indefinite detention is justified, and that other, less intrusive, measures could not achieve the same end of compliance with the State’s need to respond to security concerns. In addition, the HRC considers that the combination of the arbitrary character and indefinite nature of the authors’ protracted detention, the absence of procedural guarantees to challenge the detention and the difficult conditions of detention, cumulatively inflict serious psychological harm that amount to “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” under the ICCPR.

2 May 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sri Lanka

19 December 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Immigration Detention - Safe third country - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - Italy - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

24 June 2014 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Country News

24 October 2013 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Habeas corpus - Immigration Detention | Countries: Afghanistan - Greece

9 October 2013 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Prison or detention conditions - Regional instruments | Countries: Afghanistan - Austria - Hungary - Switzerland

September 2013 | Publisher: Refugee Studies Centre | Document type: Thematic Reports

25 September 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Afghanistan - Greece

31 July 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Afghanistan - Greece