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Brief of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in O.A., et al., v. Donald J. Trump 6 December 2018 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Brief of Amicus Curiae United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in East Bay Sanctuary Covenant et al v. Donald J. Trump 5 December 2018 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
BRIEF OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES AS AMICUS CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS' CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT in case GRACE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. JEFFERSON BEAUREGARD SESSIONS III, in his official capacity as Attorney General of the United States, et al., Defendants. before the United States District Court for the District of Columbia 28 September 2018 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Al Nashiri v. Romania (application no. 33234/12) violations of Article 3: failure to effectively investigate allegations and because of its complicity in the CIA’s actions that had led to ill-treatment; violations of Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 8 (right to respect for private life), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) in conjunction with Articles 3, 5 and 8, violations of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time), and Articles 2 (right to life) and 3 taken together with Article 1 of Protocol No. 6 (abolition of the death penalty) because Romania had assisted in Mr Al Nashiri’s transfer from its territory in spite of a real risk that he could face a flagrant denial of justice and the death penalty. 31 May 2018 \| 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): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction \| Countries: Romania - Saudi Arabia - United States of America
Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania (application no. 46454/11) violations of Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights, because of the Government’s failure to effectively investigate Mr Husayn’s allegations and because of its complicity in the CIA’s actions that had led to ill-treatment; and violations of Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 8 (right to respect for private life), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), in conjunction with Article 3. 31 May 2018 \| 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): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction \| Countries: Lithuania - Palestine, State of - United States of America
David Jennings, et al. v. Alejandro Rodriguez et al. 27 February 2018 \| Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Immigration Detention \| Countries: United States of America
UNHCR intervention before the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in the case of Dimbil Noor Hassan v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General 20 November 2017 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
Strengthening from Within - Law and Practice in the Selection of Human Rights Judges and Commissioners November 2017 \| Publisher: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) \| Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries
Transnational Injustices - National Security Transfers and International Law 15 September 2017 \| Publisher: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) \| Document type: International Legal Instruments
Representing Stateless Persons Before U.S. Immigration Authorities August 2017 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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