Case Law

27 October 2016 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Kurd - SGBV | Countries: Belgium - Turkey

19 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Effective remedy - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gender-based persecution - SGBV | Countries: Belgium - Guinea

10 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - SGBV - Security situation | Countries: Somalia - Sweden

26 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - Guatemala - United States of America

26 August 2014 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Burden of proof - Eritreans - Ethiopians - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - SGBV - Tigreans | Countries: Eritrea - Ethiopia - South Africa

6 August 2014 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Minorities - SGBV - Somalis - Women-at-risk | Countries: Somalia - Switzerland

14 July 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Honour killings - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - SGBV - Women-at-risk | Countries: Libya - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

19 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - SGBV | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

6 December 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): SGBV - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Indonesia

11 November 2013 | Judicial Body: India: Magistrate Courts | Topic(s): Criminal justice - SGBV | Countries: India - Myanmar