Legal Information

3 April 2017 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

13 March 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

31 January 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Single heads of household - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

26 January 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Physical harm - Political asylum - Prison or detention conditions - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - Switzerland

6 July 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Catholic - Credibility assessment - Elections - Persecution based on political opinion - Physical harm - Refugee / Asylum law | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

10 December 2015 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

27 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Immigration law - Smuggling of persons | Countries: Canada - Cuba - Sri Lanka

27 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Constitutional law - Criminal justice - Immigration law - Right to liberty and security - Smuggling of persons - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

14 October 2015 | Publisher: UN Human Rights Council | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

7 August 2015 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka