Application for review of an extradition order requested by the Republic of Croatia.
3 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Extradition - Independence of judiciary - Prosecution vs persecution - War crimes | Countries: Australia - Croatia
Application for leave to apply for judicial review.
22 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Prosecution vs persecution - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Bangladesh - Ireland
14 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sur place persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand
This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.
8 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Extradition - Immigration Detention - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Kazakhstan - Russian Federation
Heard at Field House on 28 October 2008.
5 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for judicial review.
22 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Prosecution vs persecution - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh
Applications for judicial review. The Divisional Court judgment was, subsequently, appealed before the Court of Appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 7.
19 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - Jurisdiction - Prosecution vs persecution - Regional instruments - Right to justice - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
11 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Effective remedy - Expulsion - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Russian Federation - Uzbekistan
Admissibility application.
18 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Deportation / Forcible return - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Türkiye
8 October 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Acehnese - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Australia - Indonesia