NA. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM View

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Date	17/07/2008
AppNr	25904/07
Body	Court (Fourth Section)
Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Articles	2; 29-3; 3; 41
Violated / NonViolated	3
Citations	35-15-1-f5-25-41323834

Conclusions:

Violation of Art. 3

Keywords:

(art. 3) inhuman treatment
(art. 3) torture

ECHR Notes

Originating Body	Court (Fourth Section)
Document Type	Judgment (Merits and Just Satisfaction)
Published in	Selected for publication in Reports of Judgments and Decisions
Language	ENGLISH
Application Number	25904/07
Importance Level	1
Represented by	MOLE N.
Respondent State	the United Kingdom
Date of Judgment	17/07/2008
Conclusion	Violation of Art. 3
Articles	2 ; 3 ; 29-3 ; 41
Rules of Court	39
Separate Opinions	No
Strasbourg Case Law	Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 28 May 1985, Series A no. 94, p. 34, § 67 ; Ahmed v. Austria, judgment of 17 December 1996, Reports 1996-VI ; Bahaddar v. the Netherlands, judgment of 19 February 1998, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998-I, §§ 47 and 48 ; Boujlifa v. France, judgment of 21 October 1997, Reports 1997-VI, p. 2264, § 42 ; Chahal v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 15 November 1996, Reports 1996-V, § 96 ; D. v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 2 May 1997, Reports 1997-III, § 59 ; Garabayev v. Russia, no. 38411/02, § 74, 7 June 2007, ECHR 2007 (extracts) ; H. v. the United Kingdom, no. 10000/82, Commission decision of 4 July 1983, Decisions and Reports (DR) 33, p. 247 ; H.L.R. v. France, judgment of 29 April 1997, Reports 1997-III, § 40 and § 41 ; Hilal v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 45276/99, 8 February 2000 ; Hilal v. the United Kingdom, no. 45276/99, § 60, ECHR 2001-II ; Jabari v. Turkey (dec.), no. 40035/98, 28 October, 1999 ; Jabari v. Turkey, no. 40035/98, § 41, ECHR 2000-VIII ; Kleyn and Others v. the Netherlands [GC], nos. 39343/98, 39651/98, 43147/98 and 46664/99, § 156, ECHR 2003-VI ; Mamatkulov and Askarov v. Turkey [GC], nos. 46827/99 and 46951/99, § 67, ECHR 2005-I ; McFeeley and others v. the United Kingdom, no. 8317/78, Commission decision of 15 May 1980, Decisions and Reports (DR) 20, p. 44 ; Milosevic v. the Netherlands (dec.), no. 77631/01, 19 March 2002 ; MPP Golub v. Ukraine (dec.), no. 6778/05, 18 October 2005 ; Müslim v. Turkey, no. 53566/99, 26 April 2005 ; N. v. Finland, no. 38885/02, § 167, 26 July 2005 ; Pellegrini v. Italy (dec.), no. 77363/01, 26 May 2005 ; Saadi v. Italy [GC], no. 37201/06, §§ 125, 128 et 133, 28 February 2008 ; Said v. the Netherlands, no. 2345/02, § 37, ECHR 2005-VI ; Salah Sheekh v. the Netherlands, no. 1948/04, §§ 121, 135 et 136, et seq., ECHR 2007 (extracts) ; Selvanayagam v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 57981/00, 12 December 2002 ; T. v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 24724/94, 16 December 1999, § 55 ; Thampibillai v. the Netherlands, no. 61350/00, §§ 64 and 65, judgment of 17 February 2004 ; Üner v. the Netherlands [GC], no. 46410/99, § 54, ECHR 2006 ; Venkadajalasarma v. the Netherlands, no. 58510/00, §§ 66 and 67, judgment of 17 February 2004 ; Vilvarajah and Others v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 30 October 1991, Series A no. 215, § 108
External Sources	Council Directive 2004/83/EC of 29 April 2004 (on minimum standards for the qualification and status of third country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or as persons who otherwise need international protection and the content of the protection granted) ; UNHCR Position on the International Protection Needs of Asylum Seekers from Sri Lanka (“the UNHCR Position Paper”) ; Press release of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (13 October 2007) ; 2007 and 2008 Annual Reports of Amnesty International (“The State of the World’s Human Rights”) ; The public statement released of the Independent International Group of Eminent Persons (6 March 2008) ; The Human Rights Watch reports “Return to War” and “Recurring Nightmare” ; Press release of the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture (29 October 2007) ; Operational Guidance Notes (5 November 2007) ; Press release of the Sri Lankan Government (4 December 2007) ; PT (Risk -bribery - release) Sri Lanka CG [2002] UKIAT 03444 ; LP (LTTE area - Tamils - Colombo - risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076 ; R. v. the Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex parte five Sri Lankan Tamils [2007] EWHC 3288 (Admin) ; Report of the Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture ; Extracts from a series of letters from the British High Commission in Colombo on the COI Report (paragraphs 32.09 - 32.22) ; “Response to information request” on the treatment of failed asylum seekers returning to Sri Lanka of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (22 December 2006) ; British High Commission’s letter (24 August 2006)
Keywords	"(Art. 3) INHUMAN TREATMENT" "(Art. 3) TORTURE"

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