Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom

Author: Fourth Section
Document source:

Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights
Date:
30 June 2009

In this section

Application partially admissible.

Author

Fourth Section

Title

Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom

Document source

Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights

Date

30 June 2009

Document number

Application no. 61498/08

Document type

Collection

Country

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)

Iraq

Keywords

Criminal justice

Death penalty

Effective remedy

Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment

International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions

Jurisdiction

Right to life

Comments:

Admissibility application. See also the judgment on merits: Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom; and the judgment of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): R (on the application of (1) Faisal Attiyah Nassar Al-Saadoon (2) Khalaf Hussain Mufdhi) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 7.

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