European Court of Human Rights Declines Application of Mauritanian to Overturn French Torture Conviction

On March 30, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights found inadmissible the application brought by Ely Ould Dah, a Mauritanian national concerning the case of Ould Dah v. France. A French court convicted Ould Dah, a Mauritanian army officer, of acts of torture committed in Mauritania...[more]