Case Law

17 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Armed forces / Military - Denial of refugee status - Exclusion clauses - International courts and tribunals | Countries: Netherlands - Syrian Arab Republic

20 July 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Appeal / Right to appeal - Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Denial of refugee status - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Jurisdiction - Livelihoods - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life | Countries: Kiribati - New Zealand

4 June 2014 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Denial of refugee status | Countries: New Zealand - Tuvalu

28 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Denial of refugee status - Domestic violence - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Canada - Nigeria - United States of America

9 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Denial of refugee status - Domestic violence - Honour killings - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

7 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Alawi - Denial of refugee status - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

9 December 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Denial of refugee status - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nepal

Summary of the Judgment

25 November 2013 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Legal Instrument: 1969 American Convention on Human Rights | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Cessation clauses - Denial of refugee status - International protection - Non-refoulement - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Regional instruments - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - State protection - Voluntary repatriation | Countries: Bolivia

20 September 2013 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Topic(s): Anti-terrorism law - Denial of refugee status - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of assembly and association - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) - Non-refoulement - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Italy - Turkey

24 June 2013 | Judicial Body: Finland: Supreme Administrative Court | Countries: Finland - Iran, Islamic Republic of - Iraq - Turkey