Reports & Evidence

Judgment Centre

A curated index of public judgments from national courts and international tribunals concerning China, human rights, removal, extradition and persecution risk.

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Prefix: CRM-JUDChina-direct / general principleOfficial text and CRM note distinguishedInitial version v1.0
11 public judgments
CRM-JUD-2022-001China-directINTERPOL2022CRM public analysis

INTERPOL CCF Decision CCF/119/R451.21

CCF/119/R451.21 · Commission for the Control of INTERPOL's Files

The CCF ordered deletion after political and human-rights concerns outweighed the ordinary-crime basis relied on by the requesting NCB.

Red NoticePolitical purposeExtraditionChina
CRM-JUD-1989-008General principleEuropean Court1989HUDOC

Soering v. the United Kingdom

Application no. 14038/88 · European Court of Human Rights

A foundational judgment establishing that extradition may engage Article 3 where the person faces a real risk of prohibited treatment in the receiving state.

ExtraditionArticle 3Death penalty
CRM-JUD-1996-009General principleEuropean Court1996HUDOC

Chahal v. the United Kingdom

Application no. 22414/93 · European Court of Human Rights

Confirmed the absolute character of Article 3: national-security concerns cannot justify removal to a real risk of torture or ill-treatment.

RemovalNon-refoulementNational security
CRM-JUD-2012-010General principleEuropean Court2012HUDOC

Othman (Abu Qatada) v. the United Kingdom

Application no. 8139/09 · European Court of Human Rights

Addresses the assessment of diplomatic assurances and the exceptional bar on removal where there is a real risk of a flagrant denial of justice.

ExtraditionDiplomatic assurancesFair trial
CRM-JUD-2002-011General principleCanada2002Official judgment

Suresh v. Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration)

2002 SCC 1 · Supreme Court of Canada

A leading Canadian decision on deportation to a risk of torture, the international prohibition of torture and procedural fairness.

RemovalTortureProcedural fairness