Type: Judgment

Authority: National Courts United Kingdom Supreme Court

Date: 07/07/2010

Subject: The Court deems the “Anne Frank policy”, with which the English Government provides the repatriation of homosexual persons, who claim for asylum in England because of the risk of being persecuted for their sexual orientation, suggesting them to hide their inclinations, as being in violation of the protection provided by the ECHR and the jurisprudence of the Court of Strasbourg

Parties: HJ and others c/ Secretary of State for Home department

Original language: English

Classification: Freedoms - Art. 7 Privacy - Art. 18 Right to asylum - Equality - Art. 20 Equality - Art. 21 Non discrimination

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