Case Law

18 March 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment | Countries: Bangladesh - New Zealand

12 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Israel

26 February 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Right to employment - Roma | Countries: New Zealand - Poland

30 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Right to employment | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

10 January 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Right to family life - SGBV - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand

19 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Falun Gong - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment | Countries: Australia - China

7 December 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Right to employment - Roma | Countries: Czech Republic - New Zealand

30 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Non-state agents of persecution - Right to employment - SGBV - Single heads of household - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Mali - New Zealand

29 November 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Falun Gong - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment | Countries: Australia - China

28 November 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment - Shia | Countries: Australia - Bahrain