Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Acts of persecution

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.

31 January 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Lithuania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

6 July 2000 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Roma | Countries: Slovakia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date of Hearing 27 October 1999.

17 November 1999 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Asylum-migration nexus - Grounds for persecution | Countries: Canada - Poland

Petition to Review a Decision of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

23 October 1998 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Jew - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Ukraine - United States of America

U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court, El Paso Texas

18 December 1997 | Judicial Body: United States Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

Place of Hearing Ottaw, Ontario. Date of Hearing 5 May 1997.

4 July 1997 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Russian Federation

16 May 1997 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Naturalization - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to education | Countries: New Zealand - Russian Federation

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20 October 1992 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Country of origin information (COI) - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: China - New Zealand