Case Law

2 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to education - Right to employment - Shia - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Bahrain

Application for judicial review.

28 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - One-child policy / Family planning - Right to employment - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - China

On appeal from the High Court, Administrative Court: R (on the application of Min Min and Zahra Ali Omar) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1604 (Admin); and Tekle v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 3064 (Admin). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: [2010] UKSC 36.

20 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Reception - Regional instruments - Right to employment | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Democracy - Persecution based on political opinion - Political situation - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment | Countries: Australia - Fiji

12 February 2009 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Right to employment | Countries: South Africa - Zimbabwe

Application for judicial review. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: R (on the applications of ZO (Somalia) and MM (Burma)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of DT (Eritrea)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 442.

11 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Asylum-seekers - Right to employment | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Buddhist - Chakma - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

4 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Persons with disabilities - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Kenya

Application for judicial review.

11 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Falun Gong - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment | Countries: Australia - China

Acción de tutela instaurada por Luis E González, Jorge Enrique Martínez, Alider Gelvis Carvajal, Urbalid Vargas Rojas, Enrique Mancilla Ladino, Javier Navarro Duran, Ismelda Yara Chaguala, Iván Gelviz Carvajal y Alfonso Gelviz Carvajal contra INCODER, Acción Social y el Ministerio de Agricultura y Desarrollo Rural.

7 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Right to employment - Right to health - Right to life | Countries: Colombia