Case Law

Voir aussi Avena et autres ressortissants mexicains (Mexique c. Etats-Unis d'Amérique) du 31 mars 2004.

19 January 2009 | Judicial Body: International Court of Justice (ICJ) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Jurisdiction - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

12 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Human rights activists - Jurisdiction - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - New Zealand

12 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Buddhist - Jurisdiction - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: China - New Zealand

Petitions, pursuant to the Detainee Treatment Act (DTA), for review of the determination by a Combatant Status Review Tribunal (CSRT).

9 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Jurisdiction - Pre-trial detention | Countries: United States of America

22 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Jurisdiction - Massaleit - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Sudan

Applications for judicial review. The Divisional Court judgment was, subsequently, appealed before the Court of Appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 7.

19 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Death penalty - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights law - Jurisdiction - Prosecution vs persecution - Regional instruments - Right to justice - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

8 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Ceasefire - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal armed conflict - Jurisdiction - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

Preliminary issue regarding jurisdiction. On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: IA/11721/2007).

5 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Jurisdiction | Countries: Cameroon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Precedential. Petition for review of a decision of the Department of Homeland Security (A75-795-693) and appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania: D.C. Civil No. 07-cv-00992 (10 January 2007).

5 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Diplomatic assurances - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Egypt - United States of America

28 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Christian - Jurisdiction - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Single heads of household | Countries: New Zealand - Nigeria