United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

March 2010 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/09921/2006 & AA/09820/2005).

13 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Administrative courts - Appeal / Right to appeal - Criminal justice - Independence of judiciary - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Court of Session (Inner Division): [2007] CSIH 5.

22 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Independence of judiciary - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Lebanon - 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) | Document type: Case Law | 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

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

5 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Independence of judiciary - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Türkiye - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the England and Wales Court of Appeal (Civil Division): [2005] EWCA Civ 105.

21 March 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Administrative courts - Deportation / Forcible return - Independence of judiciary - Right to family life | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

14 February 2007 | Publisher: Liberty | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

16 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Independence of judiciary - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee camps | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

14 November 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Administrative courts - Independence of judiciary - Legal representation / Legal aid - Political asylum | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

24 March 2005 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation