Case Law

Petitions for Review of Orders of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

11 January 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Abduction - Blood feuds - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Albania - United States of America

2 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Grounds for persecution - Mental health - Multiple nationality - Non-state agents of persecution - SGBV - Safe third country - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania

30 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Catholic - Country of origin information (COI) - Customary law - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Albania - Australia

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.

18 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Illegitimate children - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Reintegration - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 24, 25 and 26 September 2008, and 26 November 2008.

9 September 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - SGBV - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - SGBV - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - Australia

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/08922/2006).

19 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

27 September 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Blood feuds - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Albania - Australia

Application for judicial review.

1 March 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Albania - Canada

Application for judicial review.

1 March 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Albania - Canada