Albania

17 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Persons not in need of international protection - State protection | Countries: Albania - Canada - United States of America

Application for review of decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Application granted on basis that decision was made in reviewable error for two reasons: no proper application was conducted of the Chairperson’s Gender Guidelines, and no fair analysis was given to available evidence.

24 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Child prostitution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons | Countries: Albania - Canada

2 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Grounds for persecution - Mental health - Multiple nationality - Non-state agents of persecution - Safe third country - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania

30 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Catholic - Country of origin information (COI) - Customary law - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Albania - Australia

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

18 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Illegitimate children - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Reintegration - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 24, 25 and 26 September 2008, and 26 November 2008.

9 September 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

14 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Albania - Australia

4 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - Australia

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/08922/2006).

19 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 September 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life - State protection | Countries: Albania - Sweden