Case Law

21 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Bedoon - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Equality before the law - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to a nationality - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - State protection - Statelessness | Countries: Kuwait - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Argued and Submitted En Banc March 23, 2006; Filed June 9, 2006.

9 June 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Changes of circumstances in home country - Persecution based on political opinion - Resettlement - Safe third country | Countries: Fiji - United States of America

Appeal from the Board of Immigration Appeals. Submitted: January 13, 2006; Filed: May 15, 2006.

15 May 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Temporary protection - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: United States of America

Includes Corrigendum dated 19 May 2007.

12 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Temporary protection - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia

Argued: August 25, 2005; Decided: May 3, 2006.

3 May 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Mauritania - United States of America

28 April 2006 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Criminal justice - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished Order (Not to be cited per Circuit Rule 53).

6 April 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Guinea - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion - not to be cited per Circuit Rule 53.

19 December 2005 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Algeria - United States of America

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26 August 2005 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Visas | Countries: Australia - Serbia

27 June 2005 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Baha'i - Changes of circumstances in home country - Credibility assessment - Persecution of family members | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand