Case Law

26 October 2011 | Judicial Body: France: Conseil d'Etat | Topic(s): Refugees | Countries: France

Heard at Field House on 21 April 2011.

15 September 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Family reunification - Refugees - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

31 August 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: High Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Refugees - Safe third country - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan

26 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Immigration Detention - National security / Public order - Refugees - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Afghanistan - Bulgaria

Decisions related to this decision are available here: C and Others v. Director of Immigration and Another; C v. Director of Immigration; AK v. Director of Immigration; KMF v. Director of Immigration and another; VK v. Director of Immigration; BF v. Director of Immigration and another; YAM v. Director of Immigration.

21 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Hong Kong: High Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-refoulement - Refugees | Countries: Congo, Republic of the - Guinea - Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) - Sri Lanka

2 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Courts of Appeal | Topic(s): Children's rights - Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refugees | Countries: Canada - Mexico

On appeal from the order of Justice George Czutrin of the Superior Court of Justice, dated 21 September 2010.

18 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Court of Appeal for Ontario | Topic(s): Children's rights - Expulsion - Non-refoulement - Refugees | Countries: Canada - Mexico

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal

1 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Mandate status - Refugees - UNHCR mandate | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Translator's Note: The Federal Administrative Court, or Bundesverwaltungsgericht, is the Federal Republic of Germany's supreme administrative court. This unofficial translation is provided for the reader's convenience and has not been officially authorised by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Page numbers in citations of international texts have been retained from the original and may not match the pagination in the parallel English versions.

31 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Refugees - Right to seek asylum - War crimes | Countries: Germany - Rwanda