Case Law

12 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Austria: Asylum Court (Asylgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Effective protection - Honour killings - Kurd - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Austria - Turkey

12 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Gender discrimination - Non-state agents of persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution - State protection - Women's rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/01390/2007).

24 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to family life | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Nigeria

22 October 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Buddhist - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal armed conflict - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Security situation - Sinhalese - State protection | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

Application for judicial review.

10 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-state agents of persecution - State protection | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

8 October 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Acehnese - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Australia - Indonesia

1 October 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Eritreans - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

Unofficial translation by UNHCR Prague.

16 September 2008 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Domestic violence - EU Qualification Directive - Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - State protection | Countries: Czech Republic - Kyrgyzstan

20 August 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Freedom of movement - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Palestinian - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Palestine, State of