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28 May 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
1 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Safe third country | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka
30 March 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
5 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
29 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Security situation - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
3 February 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka
26 January 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
26 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Sinhalese - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka
Application for judicial review.
1 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Derivative status - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for permission to appeal against a decision by an Immigration Judge (Asylum and Immigration Tribunal).
17 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland