Case Law

30 October 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Acts of persecution - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Immunity - Jurisdiction | Countries: Libya - Morocco - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 March 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Serb | Countries: Canada - Croatia

6 December 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Christian - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - China

26 March 2013 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Orthodox Christian | Countries: Iraq - Switzerland

18 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Yazīdī | Countries: Iraq - Switzerland

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.

7 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Prosecution vs persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Bulgaria - Iran, Islamic Republic of

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: JM (Homosexuality: Risk) Uganda CG [2008] UKIAT 00065 .

18 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Criminal justice - EU Qualification Directive - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to family life - Social group persecution | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

May 2009 | Judicial Body: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights | Countries: Sudan

On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Negusie v. Gonzales, Attorney General, 15 May 2007.

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals, Argued and Submitted 8 June 2007 in Pasadena, California.

27 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Grounds for persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America