Case Law

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

28 May 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

13 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Topic(s): Administrative law - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - Standard of proof | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Netherlands

13 January 2012 | Judicial Body: Finland: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Grounds for persecution - International protection - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Finland - Iran, Islamic Republic of

22 November 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

Application for judicial review.

27 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to education - Right to health - Social group persecution - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

16 November 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Gender discrimination - Gender-based persecution - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

13 September 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Elections - Gender discrimination - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Sur place persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

On appeal from the England and Wales Court of Appeal: [2009] EWCA Civ 172. 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.

7 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Cameroon - Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Unofficial translation by the Immigration Appeals Board, Norway.

29 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Refugees - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Norway