Case Law

24 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Catholic - Christian - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Malaysia

19 May 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Christian - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: New Zealand - South Africa

18 May 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Hungarians - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Slovakia

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

17 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Right to education - Social group persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Australia - India

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

12 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Spain: Audiencia Nacional | Countries: Algeria - Spain

7 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties | Countries: Australia - India

30 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Hazara - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - State protection | Countries: Afghanistan

23 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: Australia - India

Heard at Field House on 21 and 22 April 2010

22 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Domestic violence - Gender discrimination - Gender-based persecution - Honour killings - Non-state agents of persecution - Police - Prison or detention conditions - Refugee / Asylum law - Return conditions - SGBV - Social group persecution | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland