Case Law

8 June 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - National security / Public order - Right to liberty and security - Statelessness | Countries: Bulgaria - Palestine, State of

28 March 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Iraq - Palestine, State of - Russian Federation - Somalia - Syrian Arab Republic

25 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Family reunification | Countries: Belgium - Palestine, State of

6 January 2016 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Christian - Credibility assessment - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United States of America

23 December 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Palestinian | Countries: New Zealand - Palestine, State of

15 April 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Palestine, State of - Turkey

24 March 2014 | Judicial Body: Austria: Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) | Topic(s): EU Qualification Directive - Palestinian - Statelessness | Countries: Austria - Palestine, State of - Syrian Arab Republic

29 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of speech - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest | Countries: Australia - Jordan - Palestine, State of

24 May 2013 | Judicial Body: France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile | Countries: France - Jordan - Palestine, State of

(Directive 2004/83/EC – Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Stateless persons of Palestinian origin who have in fact availed themselves of assistance from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – The right of those stateless persons to recognition as refugees on the basis of the second sentence of Article 12(1)(a) of Directive 2004/83 – Conditions under which applicable – Cessation of UNRWA assistance ‘for any reason’ – Evidence – Consequences for the persons concerned seeking refugee status – Persons ‘ipso facto … entitled to the benefits of [the] Directive’ – Automatic recognition as a ‘refugee’ within the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive 2004/83 and the granting of refugee status in accordance with Article 13 thereof)

19 December 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Refugees - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of