Information Note on the Court’s case-law 17

April 2000

Aspichi Dehwari v. the Netherlands - 37014/97

Judgment 27.4.2000 [Section I]

Article 3

Expulsion

Expulsion to Iran: settlement between parties

The applicant, an Iranian national, applied for asylum in the Netherlands in 1995, claiming to have been an active opponent of the Iranian regime since 1977 and to have been detained and ill-treated on several occasions. His request for asylum or, in the alternative, for a residence permit on humanitarian grounds, was rejected.

The applicant has now been granted a residence permit and does not wish to pursue his application. Furthermore, the parties have reached agreement with regard to costs.

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