Case Law

27 July 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: China - New Zealand

9 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Corruption - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: Australia - China

16 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Public health - Right to health - Single heads of household - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - China

Appeal from a judgment of the Federal Magistrate Court of Australia and applications for judicial review relating to two decisions of the Refugee Review Tribunal.

1 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Falun Gong - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - China

19 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - China

25 March 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: China - New Zealand

22 January 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-state agents of persecution - State protection | Countries: China - New Zealand

27 February 2003 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Exclusion clauses - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Safe third country - State protection | Countries: Canada

See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2004] FC 179 (3 February 2004), and: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.

6 May 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China

22 March 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Domestic violence - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Smuggling of persons - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Canada - China