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CASE OF NUR AND OTHERS v. UKRAINE
(Application no. 77647/11)
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 |
CASE OF Z.A. AND OTHERS v. RUSSIA (Applications nos. 61411/15, 61420/15, 61427/15 and 3028/16) (Grand Chamber)
The Court found in particular that Article 5 was applicable to the applicants’ case as their presence in the transit zone had not been voluntary; they had been left to their own devices for the entire period of their stay, which had lasted between five and 19 months depending on the applicant; there had been no realistic prospect of them being able to leave the zone; and the authorities had not adhered to the domestic legislation on the reception of asylum-seekers. Given the absence of a legal basis for their being confined to the transit zone, a situation made worse by them being impeded in accessing the asylum system, the Court concluded that there had been a violation of the applicants’ rights protected by Article 5 § 1. The conditions the applicants had lived in had also been appalling: they had had to sleep in the transit zone, a busy and constantly lit area, with no access to washing or cooking facilities. There had thus also been a breach of Article 3 as their treatment had been degrading. 21 November 2019 | 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): Airports - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security - Transit | Countries: Iraq - Palestine, State of - Russian Federation - Somalia - Syrian Arab Republic |
Z.A. and others v. Russia
This case was referred to the Grand Chamber, decision was issued on 21 November 2019 confirming the Chamber Judgment 28 March 2017 | 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): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Iraq - Palestine, State of - Russian Federation - Somalia - Syrian Arab Republic |
Report of the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia
15 September 2016 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Country Reports |
"Chained Like Prisoners" - Abuses Against People with Psychosocial Disabilities in Somaliland
25 October 2015 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports |
Somalia: UN envoy condemns attack that killed security personnel, civilian bystanders
12 March 2015 | Publisher: UN News Service | Document type: Country News |
Ismail, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
13 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Regional instruments - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
Aden Ahmed v. Malta
23 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Habeas corpus - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Malta - Somalia |
UNHCR intervention before the High Court of Kenya in the case of Kituo Cha Sheria and others v. The Attorney General
12 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae |
Secretary of State for the Home Department v. Abdi; Khalaf v. Secretary of State for the Home Department
On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division. 9 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |