Index card R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening)

R (Medical Justice) v Secretary of State for the Home Department (Equality and Human Rights Commission intervening)

Hearings

England & Wales

10 Oct 2017 [2017] EWHC 2461 (Admin); [2017] 4 WLR 198; [2018] 1 All ER 400; [2017] WLR (D) 654, QBD (Ouseley J)

Subject Matter

IMMIGRATION — Removal — Detention pending deportation — Secretary of State issuing statutory guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention — Guidance identifying victims of “torture” as more vulnerable to harm — Whether definition of “torture” by reference to UN Convention too narrow — Whether guidance unlawful — Immigration Act 2016 (c 19), s 59 — Detention Centre Rules 2001 (SI 2001/238), r 35(3) — United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, art 1

[2017] EWHC 2461 (Admin); [2017] 4 WLR 198; [2018] 1 All ER 400; [2017] WLR (D) 654, QBD

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