| Title | Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom |
| Publisher | Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights |
| Author | Fourth Section |
| Publication Date | 30 June 2009 |
| Country | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | Iraq |
| Topics | Criminal justice | Death penalty | Effective remedy | Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions | Jurisdiction | Right to life |
| Citation / Document Symbol | Application no. 61498/08 |
| Related Document(s) | ICJ and others intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Al-Saadoon and Mufhdi v. the United Kingdom |
| Cite as | Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom, Application no. 61498/08, Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights, 30 June 2009, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ECHR,4a5360060.html [accessed 14 October 2022] |
| Comments | Admissibility application. See also the judgment on merits: Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom; and the judgment of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): R (on the application of (1) Faisal Attiyah Nassar Al-Saadoon (2) Khalaf Hussain Mufdhi) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 7. |
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