Case Law

(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

7 November 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

22 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Cour de cassation | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Refugees - Statelessness - Statelessness - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Belgium - Lebanon - Palestine, State of

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

22 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Palestinian - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Re-entry - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness - Travel documents | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

22 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Palestinian - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Re-entry - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

9 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Palestinian - Re-entry - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Safe country of origin - Statelessness | Countries: Israel - Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

30 August 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to employment - State protection - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Lebanon - Palestine, State of

Date of hearing: 24 May 2004; Date determination notified: 29 October 2004.

29 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee camps - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland