Case Law

Petition for review granted and remanded for review of whether claimant had a subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable well founded fear of future persecution.

11 January 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

30 July 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

26 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Eritreans - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

29 May 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Oromo - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

12 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - SGBV | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

2 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - SGBV | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

27 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Christian - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tigreans | Countries: Ethiopia - New Zealand

On Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals.

4 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

On appeal from the South Guateng High Court, Johannesburg.

12 March 2010 | Judicial Body: South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Illegal entry - Immigration Detention - Immigration law - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee / Asylum law | Countries: Ethiopia - South Africa

On Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

19 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Oromo - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America