Burundi

The applicants have shown that they have a clear right to the relief they ultimately seek in the main application, a well-grounded apprehension of harm and no other satisfactory remedy. The respondents seek to have the Immigration Act trump the Refugees Act. This is contrary to the injunction in the Ruta case that the two statutes can and should be read in harmony. The applicants are thus entitled to the interim relief they seek, i.e. that they be issued with section 22 permits.

2 September 2019 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Refugees sur place - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Burundi - South Africa

2 September 2019 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Fresh / New claim - Refugees sur place - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Burundi - South Africa

43rd session.

10 December 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Burundi - Canada

20 September 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Immigration Detention - Proof of nationality - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Burundi - Netherlands