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Australia: Federal Court

The Federal Court of Australia, created by the Federal Court of Australia Act 1976, began to exercise its jurisdiction on 1 February 1977. It assumed jurisdiction formerly exercised in part by the High Court of Australia and the whole of the jurisdiction of the Australian Industrial Court and of the Federal Court of Bankruptcy.  Website: www.fedcourt.gov.au/
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FER17 v Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs [2019] FCAFC 106

whether the meaning of “a national” as appears in the definition of “receiving country” in s 5 of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth) applies to a person who does not have a present status of a citizen of another country but is capable of acquiring that status – meaning does not apply in such a circumstance

24 June 2019 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - India - Sri Lanka

SZVYD v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection [2019] FCA 648

whether a law is of general application – whether a law is appropriate and adapted to some legitimate object in the country in question

14 May 2019 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Public health - Social group discrimination | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

Szubi v Minister for Immigration

5 March 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Administrative law - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Visas | Countries: Australia - Nepal

SZTEQ v. Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

11 February 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Grounds for persecution | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

SZTGV v. Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

23 January 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Humanitarian protection (including tolerated stay) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Visas | Countries: Australia - Namibia

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSNW

3 November 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Administrative law - Flight by land, air or sea - Torture | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

WZAPN v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

3 September 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Kurd - Prison or detention conditions - Social group persecution - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSWB

22 August 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

SZRTC v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection

Joint cases SZRTC v MIBP; SZRUH v MIBP

11 April 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on nationality - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - Burundi

Minister for Immigration and Border Protection v SZSCA

10 December 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia

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