Guinea

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 | Document type: Case Law | 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

January 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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