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
Appeal against the notice of intention to deport.
2 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Palestinian - Right to justice | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for judicial review.
8 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Jordan
Appeal against the notice of intention to deport. The decision was subsequently quashed by the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): Othman (Jordan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWCA Civ 290.
26 February 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Right to family life - Right to justice - Right to life - Terrorism | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
30 November 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Drug trafficking - Exclusion clauses - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - Jordan
Hearing dates: 24-26 July 2006.
12 October 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Mental health - Pre-trial detention | Countries: Jordan - Libya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
19 January 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Involuntary repatriation - Persecution based on political opinion - Pre-entry procedures - Right to family life | Countries: Jordan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Petition for review from a final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.
9 August 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Jordan - United States of America
26 May 2005 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Economic, social and cultural rights - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Social group persecution - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Jordan - New Zealand