Case Law

20 May 2010 | Judicial Body: France: Conseil d'Etat | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Right to seek asylum - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Palestine, State of

Ninety-eighth session of the Human Rights Committee (8–26 March 2010)

11 May 2010 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee / Asylum law - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life | Countries: Algeria - Canada

29 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Fresh / New claim - One-child policy / Family planning | Countries: China - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

29 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

22 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Drug trafficking - Immigration Detention - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

20 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Albania - United States of America

19 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Safe country of origin - Single procedure | Countries: Russian Federation

22 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention | Countries: Austria - Serbia

21 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Freedom of movement - Right to liberty and security - Terrorism | Countries: Libya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Admissibility application.

8 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Tutsis | Countries: Burundi - Sweden