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ECtHR - Soering v. The United Kingdom, Application No. 14038/88, 7 July 1989
Country of applicant: Germany
Keywords: Effective remedy (right to), Inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Legal assistance / Legal representation / Legal aid, Torture, Death penalty / Execution

The Court found that in the event of the United Kingdom Secretary of State’s decision to extradite a fugitive indicted of murder in the United States being implemented, there would be a violation of Article 3 due to the possibility of his conviction of a death sentence, and the treatment and punishment he would face on death row in Virginia. 

Date of decision: 07-07-1989
ECtHR - Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v The United Kingdom, Application nos. 9214/80; 9473/81 and 9474/81, 28 May 1985
Country of applicant: Malawi, Philippines, United Kingdom
Keywords: Effective remedy (right to), Family unity (right to), Race, Nationality, Discrimination, Family member, Family reunification

The ECtHR held that the 1980 UK Immigration Rules breached ECHR Article 14 taken together with Article 8 as they discriminated on the ground of sex against three female applicants settled in the UK who wished to be joined by their spouses. It was easier for men settled in the UK to be joined by a non-national spouse than women but no objective and reasonable justification was found for this difference of treatment.

Date of decision: 28-05-1985