Case Law

10 March 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Cessation clauses - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

10 March 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Cessation clauses - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

5 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Criminal justice - False documents - Passports | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AS/00266/2007).

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure - Visas | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

30 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Countries: Czech Republic - Uzbekistan

17 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Passports - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - China

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

Heard at Field House on 14 October 2008.

31 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Bedoon - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Passports - Travel documents | Countries: Kuwait - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

2 October 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Expulsion - Immigration Detention - Passports - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Austria - Romania

An application pursuant to s129L of the Immigration Act 1987 to cease to recognise a person as a refugee.

23 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Kurd - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: New Zealand - Turkey