Ngassam v. Republic of Cyprus (Director General of Ministry of Interior and Attorney-General) (Case No 493/2010). (2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Editors: Lauterpacht, Elihu; Greenwood, Christopher; Lee, Karen
• Is Part Of: International law reports. Volume 156(2014)
• Page Start: 371
• Page End: 381
• Publication Date: 2014
• Subjects: Aliens -- Relationship of international law and municipal law -- Human rights; Cyprus; International law -- Cases -- Periodicals; Treaties -- Periodicals; 341.0268
• DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781107416024.009
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0309-0671

Abstract

Abstract : 371 Aliens — Immigration and deportation — Applicant entering Cyprus illegally — Applicant HIV/AIDS carrier — Applicant seeking asylum — Applicant denied asylum — Refugee Review Authority dismissing applicant's administrative appeal — Applicant appealing decision of Refugee Review Authority — Outcome of appeal awaited — Applicant subject to decrees ordering her detention and deportation on basis of being illegal immigrant and HIV/AIDS carrier — Article 6(1)(k) and 6(1)(c) of Aliens and Immigration Law (Chapter 105) — Applicant seeking review of decrees — Article 146 of Constitution of Cyprus — Whether applicant could be deported pending outcome of constitutional appeal — Whether applicant could be deported because HIV/AIDS carrier Relationship of international law and municipal law — European Council Directive 2005/85/EC, Article 39(b) — Whether unconditional and sufficiently precise — Whether having direct effect — International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights 1996 (consolidated in 2006) — 2006 Note on HIV/AIDS and the Protection of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Other Persons of Concern — Effect on municipal law — Whether deportation on basis of Article 6(1)(k) and 6(1)(c) of Aliens and Immigration Law (Chapter 105) lawful Human rights — Right to an effective remedy — Asylum seeker — European Council Directive 2005/85/EC — Article 39(3)(a) of Directive providing for Member State discretion whether applicant could remain pending appeal decision — Article 39(3)(b) of Directive providing for possibility of legal remedy or protective measures if applicant not allowed to remain pending appeal decision — Whether applicant being denied right to effective remedy — Whether deportation on basis of Article 6(1)(k) of Aliens and Immigration Law (Chapter 105) lawful Human rights — Principle of equality — Principle of non-discrimination — Applicant asylum seeker — Limitation of rights of freedom of movement and choice of residence on sole basis of HIV/AIDS — Whether discriminatory — International Guidelines on HIV/AIDS and Human Rights 1996 (consolidated in 2006) — United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees 2006 Note on HIV/AIDS and the Protection of Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and Other Persons of Concern — Principle of non-refoulement — Whether applicant could be deported to Cameroon where would face discrimination as HIV/AIDS carrier — Whether deportation on basis of 6(1)(c) of Aliens and Immigration Law (Chapter 105) lawful — The law of Cyprus