Case Law

26 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life - Visas - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

26 June 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Children's rights - Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Right to family life | Countries: France - United States of America

26 June 2014 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Children's rights - Citizenship / Nationality law - Denial of nationality - Right to family life | Countries: France - United States of America

12 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Habitual residence - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United States of America

On appeal from: [2009] EWHC 995 (Admin).

24 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Extradition - Right to family life | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - United States of America

30 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Children's rights - Deportation / Forcible return - Right to family life | Countries: Mexico - United States of America

26 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United States: Supreme Court of California | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Family law - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Right to family life | Countries: United States of America

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

12 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Expulsion - Freedom of conscience - Freedom of religion - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Russian Federation - United States of America

23 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Mental health - Right to family life - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - United States of America

Six consolidated appeals: City and County of San Francisco v. State of California (A110449 [Super. Ct. S.F. City & County, No. CGC-04-429539]); Tyler v. State of California (A110450 [Super. Ct. L.A. County, No. BS-088506]); Woo v. Lockyer (A110451 [Super. Ct. S.F. City & County, No. CPF-04-504038]); Clinton v. State of California (A110463 [Super. Ct. S.F. City & County, No. CGC-04-429548]); Proposition 22 Legal Defense and Education Fund v. City and County of San Francisco (A110651 [Super. Ct. S.F. City & County, No. CPF-04-503943]); Campaign for California Families v. Newsom (A110652 [Super. Ct. S.F. City & County, No. CGC-04-428794]).

15 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United States: Supreme Court of California | Topic(s): Civil and political rights - Constitutional law - Equal opportunities - Family law - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Right to family life | Countries: United States of America