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violation of article 3 (prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment).
28 February 2019 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee camps - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - France - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
22 January 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Family reunification - Mentally disadvantaged persons - Refugee camps - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: France - Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for permission to appeal from a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. HX/01016/2004).
22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee camps - Standard of proof | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Heard at Field House on 6 and 7 March 2008.
21 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Refugee camps | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Heard at Field House, on 29 June 2007.
25 February 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Palestinian - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee camps - Statelessness | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Hearing dates: 20-21 March 2007. This judgment was subsequently reversed by the House of Lords on 14 November 2007: [2007] UKHL 49.
4 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee camps | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
16 January 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Independence of judiciary - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee camps | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Date of hearing: 24 May 2004; Date determination notified: 29 October 2004.
29 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee camps - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
29 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Protection of camps - Refugee camps - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Palestine – Lebanese camps – Second and third category rights – Discrimination amouning to persecution Conjoined appeals of 3 stateless Palestinians
29 February 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee camps | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland