Case Law

23 December 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Palestinian | Countries: New Zealand - Palestine, State of

24 March 2014 | Judicial Body: Austria: Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) | Topic(s): EU Qualification Directive - Palestinian - Statelessness | Countries: Austria - Palestine, State of - Syrian Arab Republic

29 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of speech - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest | Countries: Australia - Jordan - Palestine, State of

24 May 2013 | Judicial Body: France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile | Countries: France - Jordan - Palestine, State of

(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

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

22 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Effective remedy - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Expulsion - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Legal representation / Legal aid - Palestinian - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Greece - Palestine, State of

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