Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts: Supreme Courts (England) - House of Lords

Date: 10/22/2008

Subject: The House of Lords, basing its decision also on the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg, has granted the claim for asylum of a Lebanese citizen, considering that her repatriation and that of her son would expose them to the risk of serious violations of the right to the respect of private and family life, as provided by art. 8 of the ECHR.

Parties: EM (Lebanon) (FC) e Secretary of State for the Home Department

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 18 Right to asylum - Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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