EGMR: Case against Sweden concerning failed asylum seeker facing expulsion

In today’s Grand Chamber judgments in the case of W.H. v. Sweden (application no. 49341/10) concerning a failed asylum seeker facing expulsion the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that it was appropriate to strike her application out of its list of cases. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

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EGMR: Forthcoming Grand Chamber judgment concerning failed asylum seeker in Sweden facing expulsion – W.H. v. Sweden

The European Court of Human Rights will deliver in writing a Grand Chamber judgment in the case of W.H. v. Sweden (application no. 49341/10) on 8 April 2015 at 11.00 a.m. W.H. v. Sweden concerns an asylum seeker’s threatened expulsion from Sweden to Iraq, where she alleges she would be at risk of ill-treatment as a single woman of Mandaean denomination, a vulnerable ethnic/religious minority. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

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EGMR: Grand Chamber Panel’s decision – W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10)

At its last meeting (Monday 8 September 2014), the Grand Chamber panel of five judges decided to refer the following case to the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights: W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10): concerning the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

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EGMR: W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10)

The case concerned the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. The applicant, W.H., is an Iraqi national who was born in 1978 and currently lives in Sweden. She is originally from Baghdad and is of Mandaean denomination. She arrived in Sweden in August 2007 and subsequently claimed asylum. Her request was examined by the Migration Board and Migration Court and ultimately rejected in 2010 on the ground that she was not in need of protection in Sweden. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

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EGMR: Forthcoming judgment on Thursday 27 March 2014 – W.H. v. Sweden (no. 49341/10)

The case concerns the deportation of a failed-asylum seeker from Sweden to Iraq. The applicant, W.H., is an Iraqi national who was born in 1978 and currently lives in Sweden. She is originally from Baghdad and is of Mandaean denomination. She arrived in Sweden in August 2007 and subsequently claimed asylum. Her request was examined by the Migration Board and Migration Court and ultimately rejected in 2010 on the ground that she was not in need of protection in Sweden. Den Rest des Beitrags lesen »

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