Case Law

20 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Alevis - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Disappeared persons - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Turkey

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

24 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Reconciliation - Right to family life - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala

16 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Right to life - SGBV - Women-at-risk | Countries: Mexico

This judgment is final but may be subject to editorial revision.

18 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Disappeared persons | Countries: Cyprus - Turkey

7 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Peru: Corte Suprema | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Peru

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s 129T of the Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

12 November 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Disappeared persons - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Extrajudicial executions - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. HX/41661/2002).

3 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Disappeared persons - Kurd - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The judgmen became final on 31 March 2008.

26 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Disappeared persons - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation