Case Law

Referencia: Protección de los derechos fundamentales de las personas y los pueblos indígenas desplazados por el conflicto armado o en riesgo de desplazamiento forzado, en el marco de la superación del estado de cosas inconstitucional declarado en la sentencia T-025 de 2004, después de la sesión pública de información técnica realizada el 21 de septiembre de 2007 ante la Sala Segunda de Revisión.

26 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Internal armed conflict - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Countries: Colombia

17 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Internal armed conflict - International armed conflict | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

8 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Ceasefire - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Jurisdiction - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

22 October 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Buddhist - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal armed conflict - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Security situation - Sinhalese - State protection | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

9 September 2008 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict | Countries: Iraq - Netherlands

24 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Kurd | Countries: Germany - Iraq

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24 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Kurd | Countries: Germany - Iraq

Acción de tutela: instaurada por Patricia Buriticá Céspedes en nombre propio y en representación de “Alianza Iniciativa de Mujeres Colombianas por la Paz” (IMP), y otras mujeres víctimas de la violencia, contra el Ministerio del Interior y de Justicia y la Fiscalía General de la Nación.

16 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Human rights activists - Internal armed conflict - Right to justice - Right to life - Women's rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: Colombia

Application for judicial review.

12 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Right to justice - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Security situation | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

Application for judicial review.

12 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada