Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Religious persecution (including forced conversion)

26 January 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Grounds for persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - United States of America

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

25 January 2011 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Countries: Czech Republic - Kyrgyzstan

19 March 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment - State protection - Uighur | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - New Zealand

Partial decision.

12 December 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Extradition - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Russian Federation