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AFFAIRE M.R. c. SUISSE (Requête no 6040/17)

no violation of article 2 or 3 ECHR

16 June 2020 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Switzerland

Judgement FAC E–891/2017 of 8 Aug. 2018

The methods of medical age assessment that are used in Switzerland are considered as indications, which are weighted differently depending on their results, to determine whether a person has reached majority (consid. 4.2.2). Moroever, the usual rules for the assessment of evidence must be observed. Medical evidence is a strong indication of a person’s age (consid. 4.2.2).

8 August 2018 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Switzerland

A. (China) v Staatssekretariat für Migration (SEM, zuvor Bundesamt für Migration, BFM)

6 May 2015 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Tibetan | Countries: China - Switzerland

V.L. v. Switzerland

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22 January 2007 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Countries: Belarus - Switzerland

M.N. v. Switzerland

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22 November 2006 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Refoulement | Countries: Bangladesh - Switzerland

R.T. v. Switzerland

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30 November 2005 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Sri Lanka - Switzerland

S.N.A.W. et al. v. Switzerland

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29 November 2005 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Sri Lanka - Switzerland

K.K. v. Switzerland

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28 November 2003 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Sri Lanka - Switzerland

Y.S. v. Switzerland

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17 May 2001 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Expulsion - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Switzerland - Türkiye

A.L.N. v. Switzerland

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19 May 1998 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refoulement | Countries: Angola - Switzerland

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