Case Law

2 March 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of religion - Hazara - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia

24 February 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Credibility assessment - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

4 February 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

6 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - India

6 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Complementary forms of protection - Honour killings - Physical harm - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution

5 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Alevis - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Turkey

1 December 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Gang related violence - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Guatemala - United States of America

12 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Papua New Guinea

8 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Jurisdiction - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Returnees - Single heads of household - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Malaysia - Zimbabwe

7 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Sunni | Countries: Australia - Pakistan