Case Law

20 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Pre-trial detention - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Turkey

20 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Civil war - Country of origin information (COI) - Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - International protection - Right to liberty and security - Uzbek | Countries: Russian Federation - Tajikistan

20 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Children's rights - Criminal justice - Pre-trial detention - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Turkey

19 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

19 May 2010 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Albanians - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - War crimes | Countries: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

17 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Colombia

12 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Chechen - Effective remedy - Extrajudicial executions - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

12 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Muslim - Political situation - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Russian Federation - Tajikistan

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.

5 May 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Denial of refugee status - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sierra Leone - United States of America

4 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka