EDAL case summaries
Country of Decision: Greece
Country of Applicant: Turkey
Keywords: Actor of persecution or serious harm, Country of origin information, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Political Opinion, Real risk, Serious harm, Torture, Well-founded fear
Application from the Turkish Authorities to have the Greek Judicial Authorities issue an extradition notice against A.F., a Turkish citizen seeking asylum in Greece.
The Court ruled against the Turkish Authorities' extradition request, deciding that if the person in question were extradited to Turkey there would be a risk that her situation would be made worse because of her political beliefs and because of her pending application to have her refugee status recognised by the Greek state.
Date: 25-04-2013
Country of Decision: Hungary
Country of Applicant: Syria
Keywords: Actor of persecution or serious harm, Credibility assessment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Nationality, Persecution (acts of), Political Opinion
The Syrian Kurdish Applicant has been persecuted and tortured for his nationality and imputed political opinion.
Date: 17-01-2012
Country of Decision: Spain
Country of Applicant: Colombia
Keywords: Persecution Grounds/Reasons, Political Opinion, Subsidiary Protection, Individual threat, Indiscriminate violence, Internal armed conflict, Gender Based Persecution, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports
The applicant claimed asylum in 2006 (along with her children) alleging a well founded fear of persecution on the grounds of political opinion. The application was refused in the initial procedure and on appeal. She returned to Colombia and two years later, returned to Spain and reapplied for asylum and was again refused. She lodged an appeal before the Supreme Court and was granted subsidiary protection.
Date: 30-06-2010
Country of Applicant: Iran
Keywords: Detention, Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Personal interview, Political Opinion, Real risk, Refugee Status, Torture, Well-founded fear
The European Court of Human Rights held that the deportation of an Iranian national to Iran would give rise to a violation of Article 3 of the Convention.
Date: 09-06-2010
Country of Applicant: Uzbekistan
Keywords: Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Political Opinion, Procedural guarantees, Protection, Real risk, Torture
The case involved two Uzbek nationals who were extradited to Uzbekistan by Turkey after Uzbekistan claimed they had committed terror-related crimes, while the applicants countered that they were political dissidents and would face ill-treatment and torture if returned. Despite the Court ordering interim measures to defer, Turkey extradited both and they were sentenced to terms of imprisonment. The Court found no violations of Art. 2, 3, or 6, but did find a violation of Art. 34 for Turkey’s non-compliance with the interim measures.
Date: 04-02-2005
Country of Applicant: Tanzania
Keywords: Country of origin information, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Medical Reports/Medico-legal Reports, Personal interview, Political Opinion, Real risk, Refugee Status
The European Court of Human Rights ruled that the proposed expulsion of a Tanzanian national from the United Kingdom to Tanzania will expose him to inhuman and degrading treatment, in violation of Article 3 of the Convention.
Date: 06-06-2001
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- Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 4
- Real risk 4
- Torture 3
- Actor of persecution or serious harm 2
- Country of origin information 2
- Persecution Grounds/Reasons 2
- Personal interview 2
- Refugee Status 2
- Well-founded fear 2
- Credibility assessment 1
- Detention 1
- Effective remedy (right to) 1
- Gender Based Persecution 1
- Indiscriminate violence 1
- Individual threat 1
- Internal armed conflict 1
- Nationality 1
- Persecution (acts of) 1
- Procedural guarantees 1
- Protection 1
- Serious harm 1
- Subsidiary Protection 1
