Case Law

14 December 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Jurisdiction - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Bangladesh - New Zealand

Ninety-seventh session of the Human Rights Committee (12-30 November 2009).

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Equality before the law - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Jurisdiction

25 September 2009 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Court (ICC) | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Jurisdiction - War crimes | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

On appeal from the Federal Court of Australia: [2008] FCA 1372.

23 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: High Court | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Jurisdiction - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

27 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Human rights law - Immunity - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Right to self-determination - War crimes | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

24 July 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Grounds for persecution - Jurisdiction - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Security situation | Countries: Israel - New Zealand

15 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Appeal / Right to appeal - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Jurisdiction | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Malaysia

Admissibility application. See also the judgment on merits: Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom; and the judgment of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): R (on the application of (1) Faisal Attiyah Nassar Al-Saadoon (2) Khalaf Hussain Mufdhi) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 7.

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland