Case Law

30 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Jurisdiction | Countries: Australia - Cameroon

21 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia

21 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Copts - Country of origin information (COI) - Jurisdiction - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Egypt - New Zealand

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

15 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Jurisdiction - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Refugees | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

7 May 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Fresh / New claim - Jurisdiction - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties | Countries: New Zealand

Includes dissenting opinion of Judge Hans-Peter Kaul.

31 March 2010 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Court (ICC) | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Elections - Jurisdiction - SGBV | Countries: Kenya

This document is subject to editorial revision before its reproduction in final form in the Canada Supreme Court Reports. On appeal from a judgment of the Federal Court of Appeal (Nadon, Evans and Sharlow JJ.A.), 2009 FCA 246.

29 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Jurisdiction - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Canada

27 January 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Jurisdiction - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Nigeria

18 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Jurisdiction - National security / Public order - Pre-trial detention - Right to liberty and security - Terrorism | Countries: Libya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 December 2009 | Judicial Body: African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Jurisdiction - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Chad - Senegal