Type: Judgment

Authority: European Authorities: European Court of human rights

Date: 07/03/2009

Subject: the two claimants, accused of having participated in the murder of two British soldiers short after Iraq’s invasion in 2003 and handed over to the Iraqi authorities in December 2008, contested the possibility of an unfair trial in Iraq and of a death sentence by hanging

Parties: Al-Saadoon & Mufdhi c/ Regno Unito

Classification: Dignity - Art. 2 Right to life - Death penalty - Justice - Art. 47 Fair trial, public hearing