Submissions to courts
Special Rapporteur on counter-terrorism and human rights
On this page, the Special Rapporteur publishes third-party interventions, amicus curiae and expert opinion before domestic, regional and international courts in cases relating to freedom of opinion and expression.
| Date | Court | Case | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 March 2026 | Inter-American Commission on Human Rights | Human Rights Situation in Extraterritorial Security Operations (PS 195-1864), United States of America | Intervention as filed |
| 5 February 2026 | Supreme Court of New South Wales | Jarrett v State of New South Wales [2026] New South Wales Court of Appeal 62 | Intervention as filed |
| 14 July 2025 (amended on 10 November 2025) | United Kingdom High Court of Justice | The King (on the application of Huda Ammori) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department | Intervention as filed |
| 15 September 2025 | Constitutional Court of Ecuador | Review of Ecuador’s Organic Law on Intelligence of 10 June 2025 | Intervention as filed (Español) |
| 2 April 2025 | European Court of Human Rights | Yasak v. Türkiye (Application No. 17389/20) | Intervention as filed |
| 27 August 2024 | Criminal Court/Supreme Court of Thailand | Black case number Por Dor 8/2567 | Intervention as filed (Thai คำแปลไทย) |
| 6 August 2024 | International Criminal Court | Situation of the State of Palestine ICC-01/18 | Intervention as filed |
| 27 September 2022 | European Court of Human Rights | Mikolaj Pietrzak v. Poland and Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska et al. v. Poland, Application Nos. 72038/17 and 25237/18 | Oral submission |
| 21 January 2022 | European Court of Human Rights | Daoudi v. France, Application no. 48638/18 | Intervention as filed |
| 14 January 2022 | European Court of Human Rights | Domenjoud v. France, Applications no. 34749/16 and 79607/17 | Intervention as filed |
| 19 August 2021 | Supreme Court of the United States | United States of America v. Zayn Al-Abidin Muhammad Husayn, AKA Abu Zubaydah, et. al | Intervention as filed |
| 26 October 2020 | United Kingdom | Special Immigration Appeals Commission
Shamima Begum | Intervention as filed |
| 9 October 2020 | European Court of Human Rights | Mikolaj Pietrzak v. Poland and Dominika Bychawska-Siniarska et al. v. Poland, Application Nos. 72038/17 and 25237/18 | Intervention as filed |
| 28 September 2020 | European Court of Human Rights | H.F. and M.F. v. France (Application no.24384/19) | Intervention as filed |
| 29 May 2020 | United Kingdom | Special Immigration Appeals Commission
Shamima Begum | Intervention as filed |
| 22 July 2019 | European Court of Human Rights | Adeel Muhammad and Ramzan Muhammad v. Romania, Application No. 80982/12 | Intervention as filed |