N v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Terrence Higgins Trust intervening)

Abstract

Human rights — Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment — Applicant HIV positive and suffering from AIDS-defining illnesses — Whether applicant’s return to Uganda would prevent her from accessing necessary medical treatment — Whether subsequent suffering and early death amounting to inhuman and degrading treatment — Whether very exceptional circumstances and compelling humanitarian considerations — Whether removal of applicant to Uganda would result in United Kingdom violating Article 3 of European Convention on Human Rights, 1950 — The law of England