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N v UK : No Duty to Rescue the Nearby Needy?
Author(s) -
Mantouvalou Virginia
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the modern law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.37
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1468-2230
pISSN - 0026-7961
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2009.00769.x
Subject(s) - deportation , human rights , political science , duty , law , convention , face (sociological concept) , immigration , sociology , social science
This article discusses the deportation of a seriously ill foreign national to her country of origin, where she would face a high risk of extreme deterioration of her health due to the inadequate medical treatment. It criticises the reasoning of the judgment N v UK of the European Court of Human Rights, and explores the circumstances under which removal of a severely ill non‐national constitutes a breach of the prohibition against inhuman and degrading treatment under the European Convention on Human Rights.