Case Law

8 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Iran, Islamic Republic of

29 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Czech Republic

20 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

22 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Safe third country - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Albania - Australia

21 June 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - South Africa

Heard at Procession House on 15 and 16 December 2009, and at Field House on 22 and 23 February 2010. Closing submissions received on 10 June 2010.

11 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Palestinian - Passports - Persecution based on nationality - Statelessness - Statelessness - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - India

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

7 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Prosecution vs persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Bulgaria - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted and case remanded for additional proceedings.

4 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Jehovah's Witness - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Armenia - United States of America

Translator's Note: The Federal Administrative Court, or Bundesverwaltungsgericht, is the Federal Republic of Germany's supreme administrative court. This unofficial translation is provided for the reader's convenience and has not been officially authorised by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Page numbers in citations of international texts have been retained from the original and may not match the pagination in the parallel English versions.

24 February 2011 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Germany - Iraq