Case Law

5 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Alevis - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Turkey

23 May 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Alevis - Arabs - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Persecution based on political opinion - Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Turkey

11 October 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Alevis - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Kurd - Minorities - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Turkey

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

24 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Alevis - Domestic violence - Kurd - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Austria - Turkey

2 February 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Alevis - Freedom of conscience - Freedom of expression - Freedom of religion | Countries: Turkey

20 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Alevis - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Disappeared persons - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Turkey

11 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Alevis - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Kurd - Older persons - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Turkey

4 May 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Alevis - Country of origin information (COI) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: New Zealand - Turkey

Application for judicial review.

15 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Alevis - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - Turkey