Case Law

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.

9 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Austria: Higher Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - SGBV | Countries: Austria - Russian Federation

22 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Right to family life | Countries: Austria - Hungary

24 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Right to family life | Countries: Austria

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 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Austria: Higher Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Social group persecution | Countries: Austria - Somalia

22 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention | Countries: Austria - Serbia

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.

3 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Lithuania: Supreme Administrative Court (Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas) | Countries: Austria - Lithuania - Nepal

6 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Austria: Asylum Court (Asylgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - International protection | Countries: Austria - Serbia

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.

31 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Austria: Higher Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Austria - Nigeria