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17 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Conflict situation - International armed conflict - Peace agreements | Countries: Eritrea - Ethiopia
Application for judicial review.
17 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - Ireland
19 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the High Court, Administrative Court: R (on the application of Min Min and Zahra Ali Omar) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1604 (Admin); and Tekle v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 3064 (Admin). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: [2010] UKSC 36.
20 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Reception - Regional instruments - Right to employment | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (CC/47612/2001).
2 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Withdrawal of nationality | Countries: Eritrea - Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: R (on the application of MS, AR & FW) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 1310.
18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Immigration Detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Temporary admission | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AS/00526/2007).
11 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Residence permits / Residency - Visas | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Heard at Field House on 12 February, 3 and 9 September 2008.
9 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - National security / Public order - Refoulement - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Negusie v. Gonzales, Attorney General, 15 May 2007.
3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America
25 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Jurisdiction | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland