Case Law

20 December 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: New Zealand

28 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

21 November 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - False documents - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Passports - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Chad - New Zealand

20 November 2007 | Judicial Body: Spain: Tribunal Supremo | Topic(s): Passports - Referendum - Statelessness - Statelessness - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Spain - Western Sahara Territory

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/03321/2005; AS/13449/2004).

13 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Kurd - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Unlawful departure | Countries: Syrian Arab Republic - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 October 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

17 October 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Evangelical - Passports - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sur place persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

Hearing date: 11 July 2007. On appeal from the Crown Court at Croydon.

16 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Passports - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

25 September 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

18 September 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - China