Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Exclusion clauses

UNHCR interventions related to this judgment: Yasser al-Sirri (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent) and DD (Afghanistan) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent): UNHCR'S composite case in the two linked appeals, 23 March 2012 ; YS (Egypt) (Appellant) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (Respondent). Case for the Intervener (UNHCR), 19 November 2008.

21 November 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal dismissed on grounds that the applicant’s actions as a member of a group that burned passenger buses and cars, threw stones, and disrupted the economic activity of merchants in the market, while pretending to be from the opposition party in order to discredit such party, reached the level of serious criminal conduct which outweighed its political nature and therefore constituted a serious nonpolitical crime.

11 September 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

2 August 2012 | Publisher: International Crisis Group (ICG) | Document type: Country Reports

13 July 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

13 July 2012 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil d'État | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Terrorism | Countries: Belgium - Morocco

Petition for review denied on ground that there is no implied exception to the material support bar for individuals who assist organizations engaged in legitimate political violence or who provide support under duress.

3 July 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

19 June 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

31 May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Application for review of decision of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Application granted on basis that the Board failed to provide adequate reasons regarding conclusion of exclusion under Article 1F(b) and to not follow the Jayasekara doctrine.

30 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Exclusion clauses - Gender-based persecution - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - Guyana

2 April 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Terrorism | Countries: Algeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland