Application for permission to appeal from a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. HX/01016/2004).
22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Palestinian - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee camps - Standard of proof | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the Federal Court of Canada: 2007 FC 229, [2008] 1 F.C.R. 87.
24 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Standard of proof - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka
On appeal from the Federal Court of Canada: 2007 CF 229, [2008] 1 R.C.F. 87.
Unofficial translation by UNHCR Prague.
26 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-refoulement - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Standard of proof | Countries: Czech Republic - Nigeria
On appeal from the Federal Court: 2007 FC 320.
12 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Domestic violence - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Standard of proof - State protection | Countries: Canada - Mexico
On appeal from the Federal Court: 2007 CF 320.
Heard at Manchester on 6 November 2007.
28 January 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Standard of proof | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for judicial review of a decision of the RSAA: Refugee Appeal Nos. 74796 & 74797, 74796 & 74797 (19 April 2006). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: X v Refugee Status Appeals Authority [2009] NZCA 488 (20 October 2009).
17 December 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: High Court | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Exclusion clauses - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Serious non-political crime - Standard of proof | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
15 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Standard of proof | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
16 October 2007 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Conflict situation - Standard of proof - War crimes | Countries: