Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts England and Wales High Court

Date: 03/20/2012

Subject: The Court rejects the request of extradition to Argentina for trial of an English national arrested for detention and traffic in cocaine, deeming Argentinean detention conditions as inhuman and degrading and therefore in breach of art. 3 of the ECHR

Parties: The Government of Argentina v Lucy Wright

Original language: English

Classification: Dignity - Art. 4 Inhuman punishments - Degrading punishments - Inhuman treatments - Degrading treatments

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