National Security and Expulsion to a Risk of Torture

Letnar Cernic, Jernej

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National Security and Expulsion to a Risk of Torture

Jernej Letnar Cernic

European Faculty of Law (EVRO-PF)

December 9, 2008

Edinburgh Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 486-490, September 2008

Abstract:
In Saadi v Italy, the European Court of Human Rights held that article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights prohibits expulsion of individuals to states where they would face a "real risk" of torture, inhuman or degrading treatment. This article analyses the ECHR's reasoning.

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Keywords: human rights, national security, expulsion to a risk of torture

JEL Classification: K19

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Date posted: December 11, 2008

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Letnar Cernic, Jernej, National Security and Expulsion to a Risk of Torture (December 9, 2008). Edinburgh Law Review, Vol. 12, No. 3, pp. 486-490, September 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1313736

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