Case Law

31 January 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective remedy - Expedited procedures - Regional instruments - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

(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

6 December 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention | Countries: Bangladesh - Italy

22 November 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Countries: Ireland - Rwanda

Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Asylgerichtshofs (Austria): Opinion of Advocate General Trstenjak.

6 November 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Regional instruments - Safe third country | Countries:

27 September 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Reception - Regional instruments - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: France

13 September 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Palestinian | Countries: Hungary - Lebanon

6 September 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Effective remedy - Expedited procedures - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Ireland

5 September 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Freedom of religion - Minorities - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Germany - Pakistan