Case Law

2 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

17 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Crime prevention - Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Right to life | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

7 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refoulement - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - United States of America

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.

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/10668/2006).

18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Death penalty - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugees - Standard of proof - Terrorism | Countries: Egypt - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Divisional Court: [2008] EWHC 3098 (Admin). Leave to appeal to the House of Lords was refused. An admissibility application was subsequently made before the European Court of Human Rights; see Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom.

21 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Human rights law - Jurisdiction - Regional instruments - Right to life - War crimes | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Applications for judicial review. The Divisional Court judgment was, subsequently, appealed before the Court of Appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 7.

19 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - Jurisdiction - Prosecution vs persecution - Regional instruments - Right to justice - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military courts - Terrorism | Countries: Ethiopia

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/00377/2007).

31 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

18 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Death penalty - Mormon - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland