Western and Central Europe

U.K. High Court Rules that European Convention on Human Rights Applies to Wrongdoing by British Forces in Iraq (March 29, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On March 29, 2015, the England and Wales High Court ruled in Al-Saadoon v.

U.K. Court Rules Jamaica may be Categorized as Unsafe for Gay Asylum Seeker (March 4, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On March 4, 2015, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom unanimously rejected the U.K.

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules on When a Third-Country National Deserter may Receive Asylum in Europe (February 26, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On February 26, 2015, in Shepherd v.

UNICEF Releases Report on Children’s Rights in Return Policy and Practice in Europe (February 16, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On February 16, 2015, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) released a

French Court Stays Extradition of Argentine Accused of Crimes Against Humanity (February 18, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On February 18, 2015 France’s highest court, Cour de Cassation, overturned the decision of a lower court to extradite Mario Sandoval, a

European Court of Human Rights Rules Croatia Must Provide Defendant Convicted In Absentia of War Crimes Sufficient Possibility for Retrial (February 12, 2015)

Author: 
Monica Moyo

On February 12, 2015, in a Chamber judgment, the European Court of Human Rights (the Court) ruled in

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules States Need Not Grant Third-Country Nationals a Second Hearing Before Issuing a Return Decision (November 5, 2014)

Author: 
Marina Barakatt

On November 5, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) r

U.K. Court of Appeal Rules Libyan Man may Sue State Officials in Relation to Extraordinary Rendition (October 30, 2014)

Author: 
Marina Barakatt

On October 30, 2014, a U.K. Court of Appeal (the Court) ruled that a Libyan man can sue top U.K.