S.A.C. v UK (application no. 31428/18) 2018 (ECtHR)
- Category: Case Law
- Source: Council of Europe
- Subject: Sexual Orientation/Sexuality, Refugee/Asylum, Human Rights, LGBT+
- Place: Europe, United Kingdom
- Year: 2018
- File: S.A.C. v. THE UNITED KINGDOM
- URL: http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=001-187553
First section, Application no. 31428/18, S.A.C. against the United Kingdom, lodged on 5 July 2018
Summary
This application concerns a Bangladeshi national who had claimed asylum on the ground that he feared persecution on return to Bangladesh as a gay/bisexual man. He was denied international protection. The applicant complains under Article 3 of the ECHR that he faces a real risk of serious and irreversible harm upon return to Bangladesh as an LGBT person. [Source: ELENA Weekly Legal Update – 02 November 2018]