CHAHAL v. THE UNITED KINGDOM View

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Date	15/11/1996
AppNr	22414/93
Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	13; 28-1; 3; 5-1; 5-1-f; 5-4; 8
Violated / NonViolated	35-4135-1
Citations	23455-15-1-a5-1-e5-1-f5-25-35-45-566-16-26-3-b6-3-c6-3-d891011131425-134P1-1P1-3P4-2P4-4P7-12355-15-1-c5-1-f5-25-45-566-16-36-3-c78101113141825-134

Conclusions:

Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
No violation of Art. 5-1
Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient
Not necessary to examine Art. 8
Violation of Art. 13
Violation of Art. 3
Violation of Art. 5-4

Keywords:

(art. 13) arguable claim
(art. 13) effective remedy
(art. 3) torture
(art. 38) examination of the case and friendly settlement proceedings
(art. 46-2) just satisfaction
(art. 5-1) deprivation of liberty
(art. 5-1) lawful arrest or detention
(art. 5-1) procedure prescribed by law
(art. 5-1-f) expulsion
(art. 5-4) order release
(art. 5-4) procedural guarantees of review
(art. 5-4) review by a court
(art. 5-4) review of lawfulness of detention
non-derogable rights and freedoms

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Grand Chamber)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Reports 1996-V
Language	ENGLISH;BOSNIAN;FRENCH;RUSSIAN
Application Number	22414/93
Importance Level	1
Represented by	N/A
Respondent State	the United Kingdom
Referred by	United Kingdom ; Commission
Date of Reference	23/08/1995
	13/09/1995
Date of Judgment	15/11/1996
Applicability	Article 3 applicable ; Article 13 applicable
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 3 ; Violation of Art. 5-4 ; Violation of Art. 13 ; No violation of Art. 5-1 ; Not necessary to examine Art. 8 ; Non-pecuniary damage - finding of violation sufficient ; Costs and expenses partial award - Convention proceedings
Articles	3 ; 5-1 ; 5-1-f ; 5-4 ; 8 ; 13 ; 28-1
Rules of Court	A
Separate Opinions	Yes
Law at Issue	Immigration Act 1971, section 15 (3) and Schedule III, paragraph 2 (2) and (3) ; Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 ; Immigration Rules, House of Commons, Statement of Changes, Paper 251 of 1990 ; Court of Appeal, R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Chahal [1994] Immigration Appeal Reports, p. 107 ; Court of Appeal, Council of Civil Service Unions v. Minister for the Civil Service [1985] Appeal Cases, p. 374, at p. 402 ; Court of Appeal, R. v. Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Cheblak [1991] 2 All England Reports, p. 9
Strasbourg Case Law	Ireland v. the United Kingdom judgment of 18 January 1978, Series A no. 25, p. 65, para. 163 ; Klass and Others v. Germany judgment of 6 September 1978, Series A no. 28, p. 31, para. 69 ; X v. the United Kingdom judgment of 5 November 1981, Series A no. 46, p. 26, para. 61 ; De Jong, Baljet and Van den Brink v. the Netherlands judgment of 22 May 1984, Series A no. 77, p. 27, para. 60 ; Leander v. Sweden judgment of 26 March 1987, Series A no. 116, pp. 29 and 30, para. 77, p. 32, para. 84 ; Bouamar v. Belgium judgment of 29 February 1988, Series A no. 129, p. 24, para. 60 ; Soering v. the United Kingdom judgment of 7 July 1989, Series A no. 161, p. 34, paras. 88 and 89, p. 35, paras. 90-91 ; E. v. Norway judgment of 29 August 1990, Series A no. 181-A, p. 21, paras. 49 and 50 ; Fox, Campbell and Hartley v. the United Kingdom judgment of 30 August 1990, Series A no. 182, p. 17, para. 34 ; Cruz Varas and Others v. Sweden judgment of 20 March 1991, Series A no. 201, p. 28, paras. 69-70, p. 29, para. 74 ; Vilvarajah and Others v. the United Kingdom judgment of 30 October 1991, Series A no. 215, p. 34, paras. 102 and 103, p. 36, paras. 107 and 108, p. 38, para. 121, p. 39, paras. 122-126 ; Tomasi v. France judgment of 27 August 1992, Series A no. 241-A, p. 42, para. 115 ; Kolompar v. Belgium judgment of 24 September 1992, Series A no. 235-C, p. 55, para. 36, p. 64, para. 68 ; Murray v. the United Kingdom judgment of 28 October 1994, Series A no. 300-A, p. 27, para. 58 ; Quinn v. France judgment of 22 March 1995, Series A no. 311, p. 19, para. 48
External Sources	Habeas Corpus Act 1679 ; Habeas Corpus Act 1816, section 1 ; Administration of Justice Act 1960, section 14 (2) ; Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 ; Immigration Act 1971, section 3 (5) (b) ; Immigration Rules, House of Commons Paper 251 of 1990, Rule 161 ; Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v. Wednesbury Corporation [1948] 1 King's Bench Reports, p. 223 ; Immigration Appeal Tribunal, Charan Singh Gill v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (14 November 1994, unreported) ; United Nations Convention on the Status of Refugees, 1951, Articles 32 and 33 ; Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment, United Nations, reports of 1994 and 1995 ; Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, United Nations, report of 1994 ; Working Group on enforced and involuntary disappearances, United Nations, report of 1994 ; United States' Department of State reports on India, 1995 and 1996 ; Indian National Human Rights Commission, annual report for 1994/1995 ; Canadian Immigration Act 1976 ; Amnesty International, reports of May 1995, "Punjab police: beyond the bounds of the law" and of October 1995, "India: Determining the fate of the 'disappeared' in Punjab"
Keywords	"(Art. 13) ARGUABLE CLAIM" "(Art. 13) EFFECTIVE REMEDY" "(Art. 3) TORTURE" "(Art. 38) EXAMINATION OF THE CASE AND FRIENDLY SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS" "(Art. 46-2) JUST SATISFACTION" "(Art. 5-1) DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY" "(Art. 5-1) LAWFUL ARREST OR DETENTION" "(Art. 5-1) PROCEDURE PRESCRIBED BY LAW" "(Art. 5-1-f) EXPULSION" "(Art. 5-4) ORDER RELEASE" "(Art. 5-4) PROCEDURAL GUARANTEES OF REVIEW" "(Art. 5-4) REVIEW BY A COURT" "(Art. 5-4) REVIEW OF LAWFULNESS OF DETENTION" "NON-DEROGABLE RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS"

Application Documents 1

CHAHAL v. THE UNITED KINGDOM

Commission (Plenary) Decision

01/09/1994

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