The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law

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by  Dinah Shelton

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Table of National Cases
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Table of National Cases
The Oxford Handbook of International Human Rights Law
Edited by Dinah Shelton
Print Publication Date: Oct 2013 Subject: Law
Online Publication Date: Dec
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Table of National Cases
Country Cases
Algeria
A v Ministère Public de la Confédération Federal Criminal Court, No. BB.20.11.140 (25 July
2012) <http://www.trial-ch.org/fileadmin/user_upload/documents/
affaires/algeria/BB.2011.140.pdf> 805
Australia
Zhang v Zemin [2010] NSWCA 255 (5 October 2010) 807
Belgium
Re Sharon and Yaron, Cass no p 02 1139 F/1 (12 February 2003), ILDC 5 (BE 2003) 551
Canada
Bouzari v Islamic Republic of Iran [2004] OJ No 2800 Docket No C38295 549, 799
Kazemi (Estate of) v Islamic Republic of Iran, [2011] QCCS 196 810
Reference re: Secession of Quebec [1998] 2 SCR 217 391
Schreiber v Canada (Attorney General) [2002] 3 SCR 269, 2002 SCC 62 549
Suresh v Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) [2002] 1 SCR 3, 2002 SCC 1
548
United States v Burns [2001] 1 SCR 283, 2001 SCC 7 550
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Chile
Diana Frida Arón Svigilsky, Supreme Court, Case No 3.215-05 (30 May 2006) 965
Manuel Tomás Rojas Fuentes, Supreme Court, Case No 3.125-04 (13 March 2007) 965
(p. x) Miguel Ángel Sandoval, Supreme Court, Case No 517-04 (17 November 2004) 965
Villa Grimaldi (Re Pinochet), Supreme Court, Case No 2.707-06 (3 October 2006) 965
France
Administration des Douanes v Société ‘Cafés Jacques Vabre’ et Sàrl Wiegel et Cie [1975]
2 CMLR 336 714
Approbation du Traité sur le Statut de la. Cour Pénale Internationale, Décision 98-4087,
22 January 1999, Rec 29 715
Gaddafi, Cour de Cassation, 13 March 200 1; 107 RGDIP (2001) 474; (2004) 125 ILR 490
783
L’Association Fédération Nationale des Victimes d’Accidents Collectifs ‘Fenvac sos
Catastrophe’ et l’Association des Familles des Victimes du ‘Joala’, Arrêt No 09-84.818,
Cour de Cassation, 19 January 2010 551
Germany
Görgülü Case, BVerfG 111, 307 (2004) 715
Presumption of Innocence Case, BVerfGE 74, 358 (1987) 716
Greece
Prefecture of Voiotia v Federal Republic of Germany, Areios Pagos (Supreme Court), Case
no 11/2000, 4 May 2000, ILDC 287 (GR 2000) 552, 800
India
DK Basu v State of West Bengal (1997) 1 SCC 416; 1997 SCC (Cri) 92; AIR 1997 SC 610
939
Ktaer Abbas Habib Al Qutaifi and Another v Union of India and Others [1999] CRILJ 919
548
M Nagraj v Union of India (2006) 8 SCC 212; AIR 2007 SC 71 349
Naz Foundation v Government of NCT of Delhi and Others 160 (2009) DLT 277 443
Sunil Batra v Delhi Administration (1980) 3 SCC 488; AIR 1980 SC 1579; [1980] 2 SCR 557
939
Ireland
Saorstat and Continental Steamship Co v Rafael de las Morenas [1945] IR 291; ILR 97 98
(SC) 807
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(p. xi) Italy
Criminal Proceedings against Milde (13 January 2009) ILDC 1224 (IT 2009) (Corte di
Cassazione) 549
Ferrini v Germany (11 March 2004) ILDC 19 (IT 2004) (Corte di Cassazione) 549
Lozano v Italy (24 July 2008) ILDC 1085 (IT 2008) (Corte di Cassazione) 549
Kenya
Adel Mohammed Abdulkadir Al-dahas v Commissioner of Police et al, Misc Crim App 684
of 2003 [2003] e-KLR, and Misc Civ App 1546 of 2004 [2007] e-KLR 549
The Netherlands
Bouterse, Supreme Court, LJN AB1471 (18 September 2001); ILDC 80 (NL 2001) 552
Short v Netherlands, Supreme Court, [1990] RvdW 343; (1990) 29 ILM 1378 550
The Hague City Party and ors v Netherlands and ors, Interlocutory Proceedings, KG
05/432; ILDC 849 (NL 2005) 551
New Zealand
Attorney-General v Zaoui [2005] NZSC 38 549
Fang v Jiang [2007] NZAR 420 807
South Africa
Harris v Minister of the Interior, 1952 (2) SA 428 (AD) 383
Mohamed and Another v President of the Republic of South Africa and Others [2001]
ZACC 18; 2001 (3) SA 893 (CC) 550
Switzerland
A v Federal Department of Economic Affairs, ILDC 1200 (CH 2008) 560
Spring v Switzerland, Federal Supreme Court, BGE 126 II 145-69, ILDC 351 (CH 2000) 548
Youssef Nada v State Secretariat for Economic Affairs and Federal Department of
Economic Affairs, BGE 133 II 450, ILDC 461 (CH 2007) 546
United Kingdom
A and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2004] UKHL 56 (Belmarsh
Detainees case) 420
(p. xii) Al-Adsani v Kuwait (1996) 107 ILR 536 (CA) 799, 808
Bankovic v Belgium and others (2001) 11 BHRC 435 796, 866
Jones v Ministry of the Interior of Saudi Arabia [2004] EWCA (Civ) 1394 549, 807, 808
Jones v Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [2006] UKHL 26 807
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Khurts Bat v The Investigation Judge of the German Federal Court [2011] EWHC 2029
(Admin) 805
Maharaj v Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago (No 2) [1979] AC 385 934
R v Bartle and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and Others, ex parte
Pinochet; R v Evans and Another and the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and
Others, Ex Parte Pinochet [1999] UKHL 17 795, 808
R v Bow Street Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate ex parte Pinochet Ugarte (No 3)
[2000] 1 AC 147 379, 549
R (on the Application of Al Rawi) v Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs [2006] EWHC 972 (Admin) 254
R (on the application of Bary) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWHC
2068 (Admin) 551
Re Mofaz, first instance, unreported decision (Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, 12 February
2004) ILDC 97 (UK 2004) 551
Re Mugabe, first instance, unreported decision (Bow Street Magistrates’ Court, 14 January
2004) ILDC 96 (UK 2004) 551
Somerset v Stewart, Lofft 1, 98 ER 499 (1772) 232
United States
Banco Nacional de Cuba v Sabbatino, 376 US 398 (1964) 393
The Charming Betsy, 6 US 64 (1804) 704
Doe v Unocal Corp, 110 F Supp 2d 1294, 1310 (CD Cal 2000) 726
Doe v Zedillo Ponce de Leon, No. 3:11-cv-01433-AWT (D Conn 2012) (unpublished
opinion) 809
Filartiga v Peña-Irala, 630 F.2d 876 (2d Cir 1980) 924
In re Estate of Marcos Human Rights Litigation, 978 F.2d 493 (9th Cir 1992) 809
Jones v Le Tombe, 3 US 384 (1798) 807
Kadic v Karadzic 70 F3d 232 (2d Cir 1995) 810
Kiobel v Royal Dutch Petroleum, 621 F3d 111 (2d Cir 2010) 811
Li Weixum v Bo Xilai, 568 F Supp 2d 35 (DDC 2006) 803
Matar v Dichter, 563 F3d 9 (2d Cir 2009) 809
Medellín v Texas, 552 US 491 (2008) 380, 381
Princz v Federal Republic of Germany, 26 F3d 1166 (DC Cir 1994) 800
Roper v Simmons, 543 US 551 (2005) 700
Samantar v Yousuf, 130 S Ct 2278 (2010) 809
Saudi Arabia v Nelson, 507 US 349 (1993) 798, 799
The Schooner Exchange v M’Faddon, 11 US 116 (1812) 797, 798
Sosa v Alvarez-Machain, 542 US 692 (2004) 795, 811
Underhill v Hernandez, 168 US 250 (1897) 393
(p. xiii) United States v Belfast, 2007 US Dist LEXIS 100687 (SD Fla, 12 Feb 2007) 805
United States v Curtiss-Wright Export Corp, 299 US 304 (1936) 383
Verlinden v Central Bank of Nigeria, 461 US 480 (1983) 800
Ware v Hylton, 3 US 199 (1796) 702
WS Kirkpatrick & Co v Envtl Tectonics Corp Int’l, 493 US 400 (1990) 393
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Yousuf v Samantar, 699 F3d 763 (4th Cir 2011) 809, 810
Zimbabwe
Campbell (Pvt) Ltd and Another v Minister of National Security Responsible for Land, Land
Reform and Resettlement (124/06) [2008] ZWSC 1 380
Gramara (Pvt) Ltd and Another v Government of the Republic of Zimbabwe and Two
Others (33/09) [2010] ZWHHC 1 380
International Cases
African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
Communications 25/89, 47/90, 56/91, 100/93 (joined), Free Legal Assistance Group and
Others v Zaire [2000] AHRLR 74 (AfCHPR 1995) 576
Communication 74/92, Commission Nationale des Droits de l’Homme et des Libertés v
Chad [2000] AHRLR 66 (AfCHPR 1995) 480, 576
Communication 75/92, Katangese Peoples’ Congress v Zaire [2000] AHRLR 72 (AfCHPR
1995) 392
Communications 105/93, 128/94, 130/94, 152/96 (joined), Media Rights Agenda and others
v Nigeria [2000] AHRLR 200 (AfCHPR 1998) 450
Communications 140/94, 141/94, 145/95 (joined), Constitutional Rights Project and Others
v Nigeria [2000] AHRLR 227 (AfCHPR 1999) 479
Communication 147/95, 149/96 (joined), Jawara v The Gambia [2000] AHRLR 107 (AfCHPR
2000) 479, 492
Communication 155/96, Social and Economic Rights Action Center (SERAC) v Nigeria
[2001] AHRLR 60 (AfCHPR 2001) 387, 566, 683, 763
Communication 227/99, DRC v Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda [2004] AHRLR 19 (AfCHPR
2003) 680
Communication 228/99, Law Office of Suleiman v Sudan (II) [2003] AHRLR 144 (AfCHPR
2003) 450, 492
Communication 232/99, Ouko v Kenya [2000] AHRLR 135 (AfCHPR 2000) 492
Communication 241/01, Purohit and Another v The Gambia [2003] AHRLR 96 (AfCHPR
2003) 576
Communication 242/01, Interights and others v Mauritania [2004] AHRLR 87 (AfCHPR
2004) 450, 495
(p. xiv) Communication 250/02, Zegveld and Another v Eritrea [2003] AHRLR 83 (AfCHPR
2003) 492
Communication 251/02, Lawyers for Human Rights v Swaziland [2005] AHRLR 66 (AfCHPR
11 May 2005) 485, 495
Communication 255/02, Prince v South Africa [2004] AHRLR 105 (AfCHPR 2004) 450
Communication 275/03, Article 19 v Eritrea [2007] AHRLR 73 (AfCHPR 2007) 200, 479
Communication 276/03, Centre for Minority Rights Development (Kenya) and Minority
Rights Group International on behalf of Endorois Welfare Council v Kenya [2009] AHRLR
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75 (AfCHPR 2009) 387
Communication 284/03, Zimbabwean Lawyers for Human Rights and Associated
Newspapers of Zimbabwe v Zimbabwe [2009] AHRLR 325 (AfCHPR 2009) 485
Communication 297/05, Scanlen and Holderness v Zimbabwe [2009] AHRLR 289 (AfCHPR
2009) 479
Claims Commissions (RIAA)
Claim of Finnish Shipowners against Great Britain in Respect of the Use of Certain Finnish
Vessels during the War (Finland v Great Britain) (1934) 3 RIAA 1479 259
Chattin Claim (United States v Mexico) (1927) 4 RIAA 282 263, 268, 269, 270, 271
Iron Rhine Railway Arbitration (Belgium v Netherlands) (2005) 27 RIAA 35 750
Island of Palmas Case (United States v the Netherlands) (1928) 2 RIAA 829 383, 750
Neer Claim (United States v Mexico) (1926) 4 RIAA 60 262, 263, 268, 270, 271
North American Dredging Company of Texas v United Mexican States (1926) 4 RIAA 26
256
Noyes Claim (United States v Panama) (1933) 6 RIAA 308 578
Roberts Claim (United States v Mexico) (1926) 4 RIAA 77 255, 263, 268, 272, 273, 287
Russian Indemnity Case (Russia v Turkey) (1912) 11 RIAA 421 563
European Court of Human Rights
A, B, and C v Ireland App no 25579/05 (ECtHR, 16 December 2010) 493
Abdulaziz, Cabales, and Balkandali v UK (1985) 7 EHRR 471 457
Abuyeva and Others v Russia App no 27065/05 (ECtHR, 2 December 2010) 938
Agrotexim and Others v Greece (1996) 21 EHRR 250 860
Ahmet Sadik v Greece (1997) 24 EHRR 323 456
Al-Adsani v UK (2002) 34 EHRR 273 213, 544, 549, 742, 799, 866
Al-Adsani v UK (2002) 34 EHRR 11 394
Al-Jedda v UK App no 27021/08 (ECtHR, 7 July 2011) 213
Al-Khawaja and Tahery v UK (2009) 49 EHRR 1 482
Al Moayed v Germany App no 35865/03 (ECtHR, 20 February 2007) 550
Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v UK App no 61498/08 (ECtHR, 2 March 2010) 213
Al-Skeini and Others v UK App no 55721/07 (ECtHR 7 July 2011) 796
Amann v Switzerland (2000) 30 EHRR 843 493
(p. xv) AP, MP and TP v Switzerland (1998) 26 EHRR 541 212
Assenov and Others v Bulgaria (1999) 28 EHRR 652 570, 571
Assanidze v Georgia (2004) 39 EHRR 32 571
Atanasovski v Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia App no 36815/03 (ECtHR, 14
January 2010) 493
Axel Springer AG v Germany App no 39954/08 (ECtHR, 7 February 2012) 716
Brauer v Germany (2010) 51 EHRR 23 716
Baumann v France (2002) 34 EHRR 44 454
Bayatyan v Armenia (2012) 54 EHRR 15 495, 689
Behrami v France and Seramati v France, Germany and Norway (2007) 45 EHRR SE10 866
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Case ‘Relating to Certain Aspects of the Laws on the Use of Languages in Education in
Belgium’ v Belgium (1968) 1 EHRR 252 (Belgian Linguistic Case (No 2)) 457, 569, 570
Bevacqua and S v Bulgaria App no 71127/01 (ECtHR, 12 September 2008) 581
Bimer SA v Moldova App no 15084/03 (ECtHR, 10 July 2007) 860
Broniowski v Poland (2005) 40 EHRR 21 494, 571, 907
Brumrescu v Romania (2001) 33 EHRR 35 211
Buchholz v Germany (1981) 3 EHRR 597 716
Budayeva and Others v Russia App nos 15339/02, 21166/02, 20058/02, 11673/02,
15343/02 (ECtHR, 20 March 2008) 762
Burdov v Russia (No 2) (2009) 49 EHRR 2 907, 909
Camp and Bourimi v Netherlands (2002) 34 EHRR 59 457
Casado Coca v Spain (1994) 18 EHRR 1 491
Castells v Spain (1992) 14 EHRR 445 456
Ceylan v Turkey (2000) 30 EHRR 73 456
Chapman v UK (2001) 33 EHRR 18 570
Copland v UK (2007) 45 EHRR 37 491
Cyprus v Turkey (2002) 35 EHRR 30 354, 355, 633
Dadouch v Malta App no 38816/07 (ECtHR, 20 July 2010) 493
Dammann v Switzerland App No 77551/01 (ECtHR, 25 April 2006) 456
De Geouffre de la Pradelle v France App no 12964/87 (ECtHR, 16 December 1992) 493
Demir and Baykara v Turkey (2009) 48 EHRR 54 213, 214, 764, 769
DH and Others v Czech Republic (2008) 47 EHRR 3 438, 457
Dudgeon v UK (1982) 4 EHRR 149 455, 689, 768
EB v France (2008) 47 EHRR 21 457
Eckle v Germany (1983) 5 EHRR 1 716
Engel and Others v Netherlands (1979–80) 1 EHRR 647 769
Erdodu and nce v Turkey (2002) 34 EHRR 50 456
Evans v UK (2008) 46 EHRR 34 215
Fadeyeva v Russia (2007) 45 EHRR 10 762
Feldek v Slovakia (2000) 30 EHRR CD 291 495
Fratanoló v Hungary App no 29459/10 (ECtHR, 3 November 2011) 495
Freedom and Democratic Party (Özdep) v Turkey (200) 31 EHRR 27 495
García Ruiz v Spain (2001) 31 EHRR 22 272
Gaskin v UK (1990) 12 EHRR 36 570
(p. xvi) Glor v Switzerland App no 13444/04 (ECtHR, 30 April 2009) 441
Golder v UK (1979–80) 1 EHRR 524 196, 211, 213, 755, 757, 761, 762, 764
Goodwin v UK (2002) 35 EHRR 18 351, 356, 482, 755
Görgülü v Germany App no 74969/01 (ECtHR, 26 February 2004) 715
Gorzelik and Others v Poland (2005) 40 EHRR 4 454
Greek Case (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and the Netherlands v Greece) (1969) 12 YB 1
633
Guerra and Others v Italy (1998) 26 EHRR 357 572
Gul v Switzerland (1996) 22 EHRR 93 562
Haidn v Germany App no 6587/04 (ECtHR, 13 January 2011) 716
Handyside v UK (1979–80) 1 EHRR 737 375, 454, 455, 491, 495, 767, 768
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