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28 May 2020 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Nigeria - Sweden
March 2016 | Publisher: REDRESS | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries
15 September 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of religion - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking - Trafficking in persons | Countries: Denmark - Nigeria
27 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Belgium - Nigeria
23 December 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America
9 February 2012 | Publisher: Amnesty International | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries
Decision on admissibility.
17 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria
On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.
15 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Prison or detention conditions | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America
16 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Malta: Civil Court, First Hall (Constitutional Jurisdiction) (Qorti Civili, Prim' Awla (Gurisdizzjoni Kostituzzjonali)) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Gambia - Libya - Malta - Nigeria
Application for leave to apply for judicial review.
30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Sharia law - Social group persecution | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria