EDAL case summaries
Country of Applicant: Algeria
Keywords: Detention, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Persecution (acts of), Real risk, Refugee Status, Safe country of origin, Terrorism, Well-founded fear
The European Court of Human Rights held that the expulsion of an Algerian national from Slovakia to Algeria, in contempt of an interim measure issued by the Court, was in violation of Articles 3, 13 and 34 of the Convention.
Date: 24-09-2012
Country of Applicant: Lebanon, Palestinian Territory
Keywords: Detention, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Terrorism
The case concerned the proposed expulsion of the Applicant to Lebanon. He argued that it would expose him to a risk of ill‑treatment or death, that he did not have an effective remedy in respect of his claim in that regard, and that his detention pending deportation had been too lengthy and unjustified.
Date: 11-01-2012
Country of Applicant: Algeria, France, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia
Keywords: Country of origin, Detention, Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Real risk, Refugee Status, Return, Safe country of origin, Terrorism
The European Court of Human Rights found a violation of Article 5 para 1 (f), 4 and 5 with regards to some of the eleven applicants in this case, who were detained as suspected terrorists by UK authorities.
Date: 19-02-2009
Country of Applicant: Turkey
Keywords: Death penalty / Execution, Detention, Effective access to procedures, Effective remedy (right to), Exclusion from protection, Legal assistance / Legal representation / Legal aid, Political Opinion, Terrorism, Well-founded fear
The applicant was the leader of the PKK and the most wanted person in Turkey. He was arrested and sentenced to the death penalty. Breaches of Articles 3, 5 and 6 were found with regard to his detention, the imposition of the death penalty and his rights as the defence to a fair trial.
Date: 12-03-2003
Country of Applicant: United Kingdom
Keywords: Actor of persecution or serious harm, Actors of protection, Effective remedy (right to), Internal armed conflict, Terrorism
The killing of 3 IRA terrorist by SAS soldiers in order to prevent a suspected bomb attack is alleged as a deprivation of the right to life under Article 2 of the Convention. The ECtHR rules that the UK authorities were in breach of Article 2 in the control and organisation of the operation against the suspects.
Date: 27-09-1995
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