Case Law

20 December 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Legal Instrument: 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Children-at-risk - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 March 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Cambodia

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

21 December 2012 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Immigrants - Immigration law - Regional instruments - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Norway

21 December 2012 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Immigrants - Immigration law - Regional instruments - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Norway

12 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Gender discrimination - Non-state agents of persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution - State protection - Women's rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

The hearing of the appeal was deferred pending the delivery of judgment in Ye v Minister of Immigration [2008] NZCA 291.

19 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - One-child policy / Family planning - Rejected asylum-seekers - Suspensive effect | Countries: China - New Zealand

7 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - One-child policy / Family planning | Countries: China - New Zealand

22 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Countries: France

Motion for an order staying the applicant's removal from Canada pending the determination of her humanitarian and compassionate application, or pending the consideration of her application for judicial review of a removal officer's decision not to defer her removal.

9 November 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Complementary forms of protection - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - Rejected asylum-seekers - Visas | Countries: Canada - Philippines