Immigration law / Extradition

21 October 2008 | Judicial Body: Argentina: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Extradition - Prison or detention conditions - Refugees | Countries: Argentina - Paraguay

7 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Extradition - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Australia - Chad

30 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Mental health - Prison or detention conditions - Public health | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Confidentiality - Crimes against humanity - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Genocide - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Rwanda

13 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Extradition - Prosecution vs persecution - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nepal

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

24 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Russian Federation

16 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Argentina: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Extradition - Refugees | Countries: Argentina - Paraguay

Application for judicial review.

11 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Extradition - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to family life - Right to justice - Roma | Countries: Poland - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Special Immigration Appeals Commission: Omar Othman (aka Abu Qatada) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/15/2005). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: RB (Algeria) (FC) and Another v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; OO (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] UKHL 10.

9 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Independence of judiciary - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Terrorism | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland