- Cited — Secretary of State for the Home Department v JS (Uganda) 2019-10-10
“…e Convention. The term has a single autonomous meaning which cannot vary according to the differing interpretations of the contracting States (R (Adan) v. SSHD [2001] 2 AC 477).…”
- Cited — AS (Guinea) v Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor 2018-10-12
“…to protect stateless persons, and that UNHCR has issued the Handbook pursuant to this mandate. In R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, ex parte Adan [2001] 2 AC 477, 520, Lord Steyn described similar guidance issued by UNHCR concerning the application of the Refugee Convention as having “high persuasive authority”, and obs…”
- Cited — The Secretary of State for the Home Department v MA (Somalia) 2018-05-02
“…idance for Member States when determining refugee status according to Article 1 of the Geneva Convention”. In Adan v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2001] 2 AC 477 at 520, Lord Steyn held that “the UNHCR Handbook, although not binding on states, has high persuasive authority, and is much relied on by domestic courts and t…”
- Cited — El-Sayed El-Sebai Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2018-04-26
“…As to the single autonomous meaning of the Convention, Mr Fitzgerald relies on the decision of the House of Lords in R v SSHD ex parte Adan [2001] 2 AC 477, where Lord Steyn observed, in relation to this Convention:…”
- Cited — El-Sayed El-Sebai Youssef v Secretary of State for the Home Department 2018-04-26
“…the case that individual member states are free to adopt their own definitions. As Lord Steyn said in R v Secretary of State for the Home Department, Ex p Adan [2001] 2 AC 477, 516, “In principle therefore, there can only be one true interpretation of a treaty”. There is, at least as yet, no specialist international court or other bo…”