Case Law

26 January 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Physical harm - Political asylum - Prison or detention conditions - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - Switzerland

28 July 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee camps - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

28 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Armenia: Administrative Court of Appeals | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Flight by land, air or sea - Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political groups - Rejected asylum-seekers - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

1 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

5 May 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Flight by land, air or sea - Freedom of religion - Hindu - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

4 February 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

9 December 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

27 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Constitutional law - Criminal justice - Immigration law - Right to liberty and security - Smuggling of persons - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

30 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

29 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Physical harm - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka