Read the full judgment text of HCAL 24/2009 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 January 2010.
1. The Court has heard these two applications for judicial review together. They both challenge, in substance, the policy of the Director of Immigration not to process or otherwise entertain a torture claim made under the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 1984 (“the Convention”) by a torture claimant, until after his permission to stay in Hong Kong as a visitor has expired. They also challenge the policy of the Director not to extend the to
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