SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department – WLR Daily

SK (Zimbabwe) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2012] EWCA Civ 807; [2012] WLR (D) 178

“The Secretary of State was entitled to refuse asylum to a woman who had participated in two farm evictions in Zimbabwe on the grounds that her participation in the evictions was a crime against humanity under article 1F(a) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. The refusal was lawful even though the Secretary of State accepted that she would face a real risk of being subject to serious ill-treatment if returned to Zimbabwe, sufficient to breach her rights under article 3 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms.”

WLR Daily, 19th June 2012

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