Afghanistan

On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division (Mr Justice McCombe): Nasseri v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWHC 1548 (Admin). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: [2009] UKHL 23

14 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Safe third country | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review of the Secretary of State's decision to order removal to Greece, and application for a declaration that the provisions of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004 Schedule 3 para 3 were incompatible with Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The Court of Appeal allowed the Secretary of State’s subsequent appeal: Secretary of State for the Home Department v. JN [2008] EWCA Civ 464.

2 July 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Safe third country | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: March 17, 2006; Filed: July 27, 2006.

27 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Resettlement - Safe third country | Countries: Afghanistan - United States of America

10 July 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers