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25 March 2022 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation

28 July 2021 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation

16 July 2021 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation

29 July 2020 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Decrees, Circulars, Regulation, Policy Documents

January 2020 | Publisher: Regional Treaties, Agreements, Declarations and Related | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

8 November 2019 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation

30 May 2019 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation

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

27 September 2018 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation

24 September 2018 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation