Case Law

9 May 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Circuit Court | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness Determination Procedures | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

2 April 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Returnees - Social group persecution - Statelessness - Statelessness Determination Procedures - Sunni | Countries: Australia - Iraq - Kuwait

25 March 2013 | Judicial Body: Hong Kong: Court of Final Appeal | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - UNHCR mandate | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China)

(Directive 2004/83/EC – Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Stateless persons of Palestinian origin who have in fact availed themselves of assistance from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – The right of those stateless persons to recognition as refugees on the basis of the second sentence of Article 12(1)(a) of Directive 2004/83 – Conditions under which applicable – Cessation of UNRWA assistance ‘for any reason’ – Evidence – Consequences for the persons concerned seeking refugee status – Persons ‘ipso facto … entitled to the benefits of [the] Directive’ – Automatic recognition as a ‘refugee’ within the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive 2004/83 and the granting of refugee status in accordance with Article 13 thereof)

19 December 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Refugees - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of

7 November 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

22 October 2012 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - South Africa

9 August 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

20 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Côte d'Ivoire - France

25 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Denial of nationality - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Kuwait

16 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - China - Singapore