Case Law

22 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Countries: Colombia

The Constitutional Court declared the Ley No. 1214 de 2008 unconstitutional.

2 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Minority rights - Wayuú | Countries: Colombia

1 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Countries: Colombia

26 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Countries: Colombia

The Attorney General vacated the decision in Matter of Compean, Bangaly & J-E-C-, 24 I&N Dec. 710 (A.G. 2009), and pending the outcome of a rulemaking process, directed the Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration Judges to continue to apply the previously established standards for reviewing motions to reopen based on claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.

3 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Attorney-General | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Legal representation / Legal aid | Countries: Mali - United States of America

8 May 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal armed conflict - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Security situation | Countries: Colombia - New Zealand

3 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indigenous persons - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

3 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Indigenous persons - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Colombia

The Constitutional Court declared unconstitutional the Ley 1152 de 2007, “por la cual se dicta el Estatuto de Desarrollo Rural, se reforma el Instituto Colombiano de Desarrollo Rural, Incoder, y se dictan otras disposiciones”.

18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Afro-Colombians - Indigenous persons - Minority rights - Right to development | Countries: Colombia

Application for judicial review.

26 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Refugees | Countries: Canada - Colombia