Rwanda

At issue are the reach of the Refugees Act and of the Immigration Act as well as the interplay between these two statutes; the effect of delay on entitlement to apply for refugee status; the operation of the exclusionary provisions of the Refugees Act, particularly section 4(1)(b); and whether this section applies only to crimes committed outside South Africa. Also at issue is the fidelity of the Supreme Court of Appeal to its own judgments and whether in this case commitment to precedent (stare decisis) was breached.

20 December 2018 | Judicial Body: South Africa: Constitutional Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Rwanda - South Africa

25 June 2014 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Regional instruments - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: France - Rwanda

Hearing date: 10 October 2007. On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (HX/19216/2004).

30 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tutsis | Countries: Rwanda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Under section 101(a)(3) of the REAL ID Act of 2005, Div. B of Pub. L. No. 109-13, 119 Stat. 302, 303, in mixed motive asylum cases, an applicant must prove that race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion was or will be at least one central reason for the claimed persecution.

25 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Social group persecution | Countries: Rwanda - United States of America

On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal.

28 June 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Genocide - Hutus - Standard of proof | Countries: Canada - Rwanda

On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal.

28 June 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Genocide - Hutus - Standard of proof | Countries: Canada - Rwanda