Religion – Weltanschauung – Recht [ RWR ]

All eight cases (A.G.A.M. v. Sweden – no. 71680/10, D.N.M. v. Sweden – no. 28379/11, M.K.N. v. Sweden – no. 72413/10, M.Y.H. and Others v. Sweden – no. 50859/10, N.A.N.S. v. Sweden – no. 68411/10, N.M.B. v. Sweden – no. 68335/10, N.M.Y. and Others v. Sweden – no. 72686/10, S.A. v. Sweden – no. 66523/10) concern the deportation of failed-asylum seekers to Iraq.

The applicants are ten Iraqi nationals who mainly originate from Baghdad or Mosul (Iraq) and are currently living in Sweden.

The two applicants in the cases D.N.M. and S.A. allege in particular that, if deported to Iraq, they would be at risk of being the victims of an honour-related crime following their relationships with women which had met with their families’ disapproval.

The applicants in the other six cases allege that, if deported to Iraq, they would be at risk of persecution on account of their being Christians, a religious minority in the country. They all rely in particular on Article 2 (right to life) and/or Article 3 (prohibition of torture and of inhuman or degrading treatment).

Press release ECHR 179 (2013) 19/06/2013