Case Law

15 April 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Viet Nam

30 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - SGBV - Social group persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Viet Nam

15 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Right to education | Countries: Australia - Viet Nam

15 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Extreme poverty - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Single heads of household - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Viet Nam

Application for judicial review.

22 December 2006 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Buddhist - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Viet Nam

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.

14 December 2005 | Judicial Body: Poland: High Administrative Court | Countries: Poland - Viet Nam

16 August 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Unlawful departure | Countries: New Zealand - Viet Nam

10 February 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Viet Nam

29 May 1997 | Judicial Body: Hong Kong: High Court | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) - Viet Nam