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UK - House of Lords, 3 November 2005, Adam, R (on the application of) Secretary of State for the Home Department [2005] UKHL 66

Country of Decision: United Kingdom
Country of Applicant: Angola, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Sudan
Keywords: Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Reception conditions

The House of Lords considered whether refusal or deprivation of state support to destitute asylum applicants, who were by law prohibited from working, was sufficiently severe as to engage Art 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).
Date: 03-11-2005

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