Case Law
- Council of Europe 1
- Council of Europe: European Commission on Human Rights 4
- Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights 35
- Switzerland: Commission suisse de recours en matière d'asile 7
- Switzerland: Federal Court 64
- Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral 58
- UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) 49
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
- UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) 1
- United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) 1
- Access to procedures 1
- Acts of persecution 2
- Agents of persecution 1
- Appeal / Right to appeal 4
- Arabs 1
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 2
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 1
- Asylum-seekers 7
- Blood feuds 1
- Border controls 1
- Burden-sharing and international co-operation 4
- COVID-19 1
- Cessation clauses 1
- Children's rights 5
- Children-at-risk 1
- Civil and political rights 1
- Convention against Torture (CAT) 5
- Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 1
- Country of origin information (COI) 2
- Credibility assessment 5
- Crime prevention 1
- Criminal justice 9
- Decision on admissibility 5
- Denial of refugee status 3
- Deportation / Forcible return 59
- Derivative status 1
- Effective remedy 4
- Entry / Exit 2
- Eritreans 2
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 12
- Exclusion clauses 3
- Exhaustion of domestic remedies 5
- Expulsion 47
- Extradition 4
- Family law 1
- Family reunification 22
- Flight by land, air or sea 1
- Forced labour 5
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 29
- Freedom of movement 5
- Freedom of religion 2
- Gender-based persecution 1
- Habeas corpus 1
- Habitual residence 1
- Hazara 2
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 1
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 2
- Illegal entry 2
- Immigration Detention 4
- Immigration law 4
- Indigenous persons 1
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 1
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 1
- Involuntary repatriation 1
- Kosovar 1
- Kurd 3
- Legal representation / Legal aid 3
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 1
- Mental health 2
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 9
- Minorities 2
- National security / Public order 1
- Non-refoulement 40
- Non-state agents of persecution 1
- Oromo 1
- Orthodox Christian 1
- Palestinian 2
- Passports 3
- Persecution based on political opinion 6
- Persecution of family members 2
- Physical harm 1
- Police 1
- Political asylum 1
- Political parties 1
- Political situation 1
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 3
- Prison or detention conditions 4
- Reception 2
- Refoulement 42
- Refugee / Asylum law 11
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 9
- Refugees 4
- Regional instruments 10
- Rejected asylum-seekers 23
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 4
- Residence permits / Residency 12
- Return conditions 1
- Right to a nationality 1
- Right to family life 27
- Right to health 3
- Right to justice 2
- Right to liberty and security 1
- Right to life 2
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 2
- Safe third country 6
- Security situation 3
- Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 2
- Sikh 1
- Somalis 1
- Standard of proof 1
- Statelessness 7
- Statelessness Determination Procedures 3
- Tamil 1
- Temporary admission 2
- Temporary protection 1
- Terrorism 2
- Tibetan 2
- Torture 1
- Trafficking in persons 1
- Travel documents 2
- UNRWA 2
- Visas 1
- Voluntary repatriation 2
- Women-at-risk 1
- Work permits 2
- Yazīdī 2
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Switzerland: Judgement F-2739/2022 of 24 November 2022
This case concerned the strict application of a waiting period for family reunification in Switzerland, aligning its case law with M.A. v Denmark (ECtHR). 24 November 2022 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Family reunification | Countries: Switzerland |
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B.T.M. v. Suisse
The Swiss authorities' decision to return a Zimbabwean national to his country of origin violated Article 3 of the Convention against Torture. The right to an effective remedy contained in Article 3 requires an opportunity for an effective, independent and impartial review of the decision to expel or return when there is a plausible allegation that issues under Article 3 arise. 11 November 2022 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-refoulement | Countries: Switzerland |
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Switzerland: Judgement F-724/2020 of 30 September 2022
This case concerned the right of a refugee to change residency between Cantons in Switzerland. 30 September 2022 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Switzerland |
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A.Y. v Switzerland
22 July 2022 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Legal Instrument: 1984 Convention against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Eritrea - Switzerland |
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Switzerland: Judgement E-2943/2019 of 6 July 2022
On 6 July 2022, the Swiss Federal Administrative Court republished its judgment of 6 July 2022, E-2943/2019, as a reference judgment due to its particular relevance for similar cases. The case concerned military service in Syria, and confirmed that refusing to perform military service or leaving Syria illegally do not give rise to a well-founded fear absent other risk-impacting circumstances. 6 July 2022 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Switzerland |
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AFFAIRE M.A.M. c. SUISSE (Requête no 29836/20)
1. La requête concerne le possible renvoi au Pakistan du requérant, ressortissant de ce pays, s’étant converti de l’islam au christianisme en Suisse, suite au rejet de sa demande d’asile. Le requérant se plaint que son renvoi lui ferait courir un risque réel pour sa vie ou d’être soumis à des mauvais traitements et que sa liberté de religion serait considérablement entravée. 26 April 2022 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom of religion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - Switzerland |
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Urteil (des Bundesgerichts) 2C_587/2021 vom 16. Februar 2022
16 February 2022 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Federal Court | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Palestinian - Statelessness - Statelessness Determination Procedures - UNRWA | Countries: Switzerland - Syrian Arab Republic |
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K.S. and M.S. v. Switzerland
10 February 2022 | Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Legal Instrument: 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Effective remedy - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to health | Countries: Russian Federation - Switzerland |
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Y (représenté par un conseil, Rêzan Zehrê) v. Suisse
28 January 2022 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Legal Instrument: 1984 Convention against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Eritreans - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Torture | Countries: Eritrea - Switzerland |
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A.M. (au nom de M.K.A.H.) c. Suisse
Discrimination; intérêt supérieur de l’enfant; développement de l’enfant; droit de l’enfant d’être entendu dans toute procédure judiciaire ou administrative l’intéressant; protection et assistance humanitaire voulues pour les enfants réfugiés; droit de l’enfant de jouir du meilleur état de santé possible; traitements inhumains ou dégradants 6 October 2021 | Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Statelessness | Countries: Bulgaria - Switzerland - Syrian Arab Republic |
