Case Law

Admissibility application.

8 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Tutsis | Countries: Burundi - Sweden

Ninety-seventh session of the Human Rights Committee (12-30 November 2009).

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Human rights activists - Persons with disabilities - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Colombia

23 November 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Afro-Colombians - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Economic, social and cultural rights - Human rights activists - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Colombia - New Zealand

28 October 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Human rights activists - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Myanmar - New Zealand

30 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Gender-based persecution - Human rights activists - Muslim - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

2 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to education - Right to employment - Shia - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Bahrain

Application for an order of certiorari to quash a decision of the Refugee Appeals Tribunal.

18 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Ireland - Rwanda

9 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Soyot | Countries: Australia - Russian Federation

Application for judicial review.

4 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - China

22 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Child labour - Children's rights - Credibility assessment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - India