Case Law

27 April 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugees - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

17 March 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Mental health - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

On an appeal from [2009] EWCA Civ 364.

17 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Exclusion clauses - Tamil - Terrorism - War crimes | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

11 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

9 March 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

Application for permission to apply for judicial review.

4 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

2 February 2010 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Expulsion - Immigration Detention - National security / Public order - Tamil - Terrorism | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

26 January 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

Heard at Procession House on 27 & 28 October 2009. The risk categories identified in LP (LTTE area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076 and approved by the European Court of Human Rights in NA v. United Kingdom, App. no. 25904/07, remain valid.

11 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Single heads of household - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Moor - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka