Case Law

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

10 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Colombia - United States of America

17 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Colombia - New Zealand

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

18 February 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Colombia

18 February 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Colombia

23 November 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Afro-Colombians - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Economic, social and cultural rights - Human rights activists - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Colombia - New Zealand

8 May 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal armed conflict - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Security situation | Countries: Colombia - New Zealand

Application for judicial review.

26 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Refugees | Countries: Canada - Colombia

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.

2 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Spain: Tribunal Supremo | Countries: Colombia - Spain

27 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Child soldiers - Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Colombia