The applicant entered the UK as a visitor, but resisted her return home saying that she had HIV, and would not receive proper treatment for her condition if returned to Zimbabwe.
Held: the prohibition against inhuman and degrading treatment did not require a contracting state to guarantee medical treatment to aliens.
Judges:
Buxton LJ
Citations:
[2005] EWCA Civ 1421, Times 23-Dec-2005
Links:
Statutes:
European Convention on Human Rights 3
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Citing:
Applied – N v Secretary of State for the Home Department HL 5-May-2005
The applicant had sought asylum here, but her application was rejected. She was suffering advanced HIV/AIDS. With continued proper treatment she would survive several years. If returned to Uganda she would not receive that treatment and would not . .
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Immigration, Human Rights
Updated: 21 June 2022; Ref: scu.235439
