Case Law

12 February 2015 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Albanians - Family reunification - Muslim - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Belgium - Serbia

14 January 2015 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Albanians - Social group persecution | Countries: Ireland - Serbia

Petition for review granted, order of the Board vacated, and the case remanded for proceedings consistent with finding that members of a group consisting of persons who witnessed Haradinaj’s alleged crimes and cooperated with international investigators possessed the required social visibility requirement to constitute a particular social group.

18 December 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Countries: Serbia - United States of America

19 May 2010 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Albanians - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - War crimes | Countries: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Application for judicial review.

5 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Albanians - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: Canada

10 July 2008 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Albanians - Armed forces / Military - Conflict situation - War crimes | Countries: The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

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.

15 February 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Albanians - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kosovar | Countries: Serbia - Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland