CASE OF HASSAN v. THE UNITED KINGDOM
Hearing: Hassan v. the United Kingdom (no. 29750/09)  (Grand Chamber hearing, 2013-12-11 00:00:00)
Application no.: 29750/09
Document type: GRANDCHAMBER
Document date: 2014-09-16 00:00:00
ECLI: ECLI:CE:ECHR:2014:0916JUD002975009
Respondent state: GBR
Articles of the Convention: 1;5;5-1;5-2;5-4;15;15-1;35
Judges: Angelika Nußberger;Dean Spielmann;George Nicolaou;Guido Raimondi;Ineta Ziemele;Isabelle Berro-Lefèvre;Josep Casadevall;Ledi Bianku;Luis López Guerra;Mark Villiger;Mirjana Lazarova Trajkovska;Paul Mahoney;Robert Spano;Vincent A. De Gaetano;Zdravka Kalaydjieva
Represented by: SHINER P. ; OTTY T. ; HICKMAN T.
Strasbourg case-law cited: A. and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 3455/05, ECHR 2009;Aksoy v. Turkey, 18 December 1996, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1996-VI;Al-Adsani v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 35763/97, § 55, ECHR 2001 XI;Al-Jedda v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 27021/08, ECHR 2011;Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. the United Kingdom, no. 61498/08, § 120, ECHR 2010;Al-Skeini and Others v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 55721/07, ECHR 2011;Banković and Others v. Belgium and Others (dec.) [GC], no. 52207/99, § 62, ECHR 2001 XII;Brannigan and McBride v. the United Kingdom, 26 May 1993, Series A no. 258 B;El Masri v. “the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia” [GC], no. 39630/09, § 151-230, ECHR 2012;Golder v. the United Kingdom, judgment of 21 February 1975, Series A no. 18, § 29;Guzzardi v. Italy, 6 November 1980, § 102, Series A no. 39;Ireland v. the United Kingdom, 18 January 1978, § 196, Series A no. 25;Jėčius v. Lithuania, no. 34578/97, §§ 47-52, ECHR 2000-IX;Kurt v. Turkey, 25 May 1998, § 122, Reports of Judgments and Decisions 1998 III;Labita v. Italy [GC], no. 26772/95, § 131, ECHR 2000 IV;Lawless v. Ireland (no. 3), 1 July 1961, §§ 13 and 14, Series A no. 3;McKerr v. the United Kingdom (dec.), no. 28883/95, 4 April 2000;Members (97) of the Gldani Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Georgia, no. 71156/01, § 97, 3 May 2007;Reinprecht v. Austria, no. 67175/01, § 31, ECHR 2005 XII;Saadi v. the United Kingdom [GC], no. 13229/03, §§ 67-74, ECHR 2008;Soering v. the United Kingdom, 7 July 1989, §§ 102-103, Series A no. 161;Varnava and Others v. Turkey [GC], nos. 16064/90, 16065/90, 16066/90, 16068/90, 16069/90, 16070/90, 16071/90, 16072/90 and 16073/90, § 185, ECHR 2009
External sources: International Court of Justice, Advisory Opinion on The Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, para. 25;International Court of Justice, Advisory Opinion on The Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, para. 106;International Court of Justice, Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) v. Uganda), Judgment, paras. 215-216;Articles 4A and 21 of the Third Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War;Articles 42, 43 and 78 of the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War;Article 2 common to the four Geneva Conventions;Article 31 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties
Conclusion: Remainder inadmissible;No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-1 - Deprivation of liberty;Lawful arrest or detention);No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-2 - Information on reasons for arrest);No violation of Article 5 - Right to liberty and security (Article 5-4 - Review of lawfulness of detention)
Separate opinion: TRUE