Case Law

Ninety-seventh session of the Human Rights Committee (12 to 30 October 2009).

3 December 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Uzbekistan

Human Rights Committee, Ninety-seventh session, 12 to 30 October 2009. Adopted in English, French and Spanish, the English text being the original version.

23 November 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Australia - China

24 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Barbados

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

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

6 August 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Christian - Credibility assessment - Death penalty - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United States of America

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

20 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Death penalty - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Ireland - Pakistan

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

20 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Death penalty - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Belgium - Mauritania

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

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

25 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Death penalty - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Sharia law - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria