Case Law

15 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Cessation clauses - EU Qualification Directive - Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) | Countries: Azerbaijan - Netherlands

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

11 May 2012 | Judicial Body: African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights | Topic(s): Cessation clauses | Countries: Ethiopia - Sudan

15 September 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

Translator's Note: The Federal Administrative Court, or Bundesverwaltungsgericht, is the Federal Republic of Germany's supreme administrative court. This unofficial translation is provided for the reader's convenience and has not been officially authorised by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Page numbers in citations of international texts have been retained from the original and may not match the pagination in the parallel English versions.

24 February 2011 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Germany - Iraq

22 December 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Refugees | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

17 December 2010 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Criminal justice - Expulsion - Jew - National security / Public order - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugees - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Ireland - Russian Federation

On appeal from the Court of Appeal for Quebec.

25 November 2010 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Extradition - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugees - Roma | Countries: Canada - Hungary

An application pursuant to s129L of the Immigration Act 1987 to cease to recognise a person as a refugee.

30 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Refugees | Countries: New Zealand

Unofficial translation by the Immigration Appeals Board, Norway.

29 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Refugees - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Norway