Case Law

27 June 2014 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Topic(s): Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refoulement - Witnesses | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Netherlands

30 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Flight by land, air or sea - Freedom of movement - Hazara - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sharia law - Shia - Social group persecution - Witnesses | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia

15 July 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Torture - Witnesses | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

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

28 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: The Hague District Court | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Criminal justice - International courts and tribunals - Jurisdiction - Right to seek asylum - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations - Witnesses | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Netherlands

9 June 2011 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Court (ICC) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Right to seek asylum - Witnesses | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the

21 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Effective remedy - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights courts - Legal representation / Legal aid - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Witnesses | Countries: Turkey

Application for judicial review.

3 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Witnesses | Countries: Australia - Ghana

16 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: High Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Witnesses | Countries: New Zealand

Application for judicial review.

3 August 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Catholic - Christian - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Witnesses | Countries: Australia - China