Case Law

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

30 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Indonesia - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

31 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to employment - SGBV - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Fiji

22 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Effective protection - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to employment - Right to family life - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - South Africa

7 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Security situation - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Israel

Application for judicial review. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: R (on the applications of ZO (Somalia) and MM (Burma)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of DT (Eritrea)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 442.

25 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Reception - Right to employment

12 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to education - Right to employment | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

15 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Public health - Right to employment - Single heads of household - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Korea, Republic of

2 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Sudan

28 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Country of origin information (COI) - Illegitimate children - Public health - Right to education - Right to employment - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - China

A subsequent appeal was declined by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority on 26 November 2008 -- see Refugee Appeal No. 76284.

27 March 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Falun Gong - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment | Countries: China - New Zealand