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Case Law

Case Law includes national and international jurisprudential decisions. Administrative bodies and tribunals are included.

1951 Refugee Convention 13
Abduction 1
Access to procedures 2
Acts of persecution 4
Administrative courts 1
Agents of persecution 2
Ahmadis 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 10
Arbitrary arrest and detention 108
Armed forces / Military 1
Arrival 1
Asylum-seekers 3
Benefit of the doubt 1
Buddhist 7
Burden of proof 8
Catholic 36
Cessation clauses 1
Changes of circumstances in home country 3
Children's rights 4
Children-at-risk 16
Chinese 2
Christian 107
Citizenship / Nationality law 1
Civil and political rights 1
Combatants / Former combatants 1
Complementary forms of protection 13
Contemporary forms of slavery 1
Convention against Torture (CAT) 16
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
Convention refugee 1
Corruption 10
Country of origin information (COI) 106
Credibility assessment 133
Criminal justice 28
Cumulative grounds of persecution 1
Death penalty 6
Death squads 1
Decision on admissibility 1
Democracy 2
Denial of refugee status 6
Deportation / Forcible return 51
Derivative status 3
Diplomatic assurances 2
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 8
Domestic violence 9
Drug trafficking 1
EU Qualification Directive 1
Economic, social and cultural rights 3
Effective protection 3
Effective remedy 2
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 59
Exclusion clauses 14
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
Expulsion 3
Extradition 1
False documents 7
Falun Gong 120
Family law 1
Family reunification 5
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced labour 9
Forced marriage 2
Forced sterilization / Abortion 19
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 80
Freedom of conscience 1
Freedom of expression 6
Freedom of movement 1
Freedom of religion 19
Freedom of speech 6
Fresh / New claim 2
Gender-based persecution 2
Grounds for persecution 14
Habeas corpus 2
Habitual residence 1
Han 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 5
Huang Jiao 1
Hui 1
Human rights activists 4
Illegal entry 1
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 2
Illegitimate children 6
Immigration Detention 9
Immigration law 3
Impunity 1
Independence of judiciary 5
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 21
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 3
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 1
Involuntary repatriation 2
Jehovah's Witness 2
Jurisdiction 4
Karen 2
Koreans 4
Laws relating to religion 4
Legal representation / Legal aid 5
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 3
Livelihoods 1
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 7
Mental health 9
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 3
Minorities 10
Mormon 2
Multiple nationality 2
Muslim 8
National security / Public order 2
Naturalization 2
Non-refoulement 1
Non-state agents of persecution 14
One-child policy / Family planning 45
Passports 9
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on nationality 4
Persecution based on political opinion 157
Persecution of family members 37
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 3
Persons not in need of international protection 4
Persons with disabilities 1
Physical harm 2
Police 6
Political asylum 4
Political groups 1
Political parties 2
Political situation 1
Polygamy 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 2
Presbyterian 1
Prison or detention conditions 10
Prisoners of war 1
Proof of nationality 2
Prosecution vs persecution 17
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 2
Public health 5
Racial / Ethnic persecution 18
Refoulement 4
Refugee / Asylum law 4
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 6
Refugees 3
Regional instruments 1
Registration 1
Rejected asylum-seekers 16
Religious discrimination 19
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 243
Residence permits / Residency 2
Right to education 9
Right to employment 21
Right to family life 14
Right to food 1
Right to health 1
Right to justice 6
Right to liberty and security 5
Right to life 4
Right to registration at birth 1
Right to return 1
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 32
Safe country of origin 3
Safe third country 6
Serious non-political crime 9
Seventh Day Adventist 1
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 2
Sexual and reproductive rights 13
Shia 1
Single heads of household 1
Single procedure 1
Smuggling of persons 3
Social group discrimination 8
Social group persecution 72
Standard of proof 5
State protection 17
Statelessness 9
Statelessness Determination Procedures 1
Sur place persecution 18
Suspensive effect 1
Taoist 3
Terrorism 1
Threats / Intimidation 4
Tibetan 9
Torture 1
Trafficking in persons 5
Travel documents 1
Uighur 12
Unaccompanied / Separated children 7
Unlawful departure 14
Visas 13
Well-founded fear of persecution 28
Withdrawal of nationality 1
Witnesses 17
Women's rights 3
Women-at-risk 10

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TG (Interaction of Directives and Rules) 30 January 2017 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Tibetan \| Countries: China - India - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Decision TB6-11632 (Jurisprudential Guide, in private) Heard at Refugee Appeals Division, Toronto, Ontario Jurisprudential Guide: Analysis of whether a person wanted by the authorities can exit China via an airport using a genuine passport. 30 November 2016 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Falun Gong - Flight by land, air or sea \| Countries: Canada - China
AATA Case No. 1508271 29 August 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): Freedom of religion - Jehovah's Witness - Social group discrimination \| Countries: Australia - China
AATA Case No. 1500288 2 August 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): Buddhist - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom of religion - Threats / Intimidation \| Countries: Australia - China
AATA Case No. 1414986 18 July 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Religious discrimination \| Countries: Australia - China
AATA Case No. 1503329 24 June 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Catholic - Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion - Police - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Threats / Intimidation \| Countries: Australia - China
AATA Case No. 1500501 1 June 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Catholic - Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion - Physical harm - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Australia - China
AATA Case No. 1511185 12 May 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Christian - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion - Laws relating to religion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Australia - China
AATA Case No. 1419000 12 April 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion - Laws relating to religion - Persecution of family members - Physical harm - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Australia - China
AATA Case No. 1500075 31 March 2016 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Freedom of religion - Laws relating to religion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Australia - China

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