UN Human Rights Committee (HRC)

29 December 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of expression - Honour killings - Prison or detention conditions | Countries: Algeria

8 December 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Uzbek | Countries: Kyrgyzstan

12 May 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Algeria

asylum seekers’ detention is arbitrary and contrary to their right to liberty if the State fails to demonstrate on an individual basis that their continuous indefinite detention is justified, and that other, less intrusive, measures could not achieve the same end of compliance with the State’s need to respond to security concerns. In addition, the HRC considers that the combination of the arbitrary character and indefinite nature of the authors’ protracted detention, the absence of procedural guarantees to challenge the detention and the difficult conditions of detention, cumulatively inflict serious psychological harm that amount to “cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment” under the ICCPR.

2 May 2016 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Sri Lanka

10 November 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Disappeared persons - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina

21 October 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Countries: Denmark - Iran, Islamic Republic of

21 October 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of assembly and association - Freedom of expression | Countries: France - Uzbekistan

21 October 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Nepal

25 September 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Independence of judiciary - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Belarus

25 September 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Countries: Denmark - Italy - Somalia