Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts High Court (Ireland)

Date: 05/21/2015

Subject: The High Court according to which the possible extradition of a person accused of international terrorism to the United States with the concrete possibility of being detained in the top security prison of “ADX” (U.S. Penitentiary, Administrative Maximum, Florence, Colorado), would involve the risk of being subjected to inhuman and degrading treatments, considering the specific detention conditions of such prison

Parties: Attorney General v. Ali Charaf Damache Ali Charaf Damache v. The Director of Public Prosecutions and Ireland and The Attorney General

Original language: Irish

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

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