Case Law

Heard on 20, 21, 22 & 23 July 2009. On appeal from the Court of Appeal Civil Division: [2008] EWCA Civ 1445.

26 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

16 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Decision on the merits.

20 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Committee of Social Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Children's rights - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Reception - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Netherlands

12 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Russians - Social group persecution - State protection - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Latvia

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

6 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Equal opportunities - Equality before the law - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Residence permits / Residency - Right to a nationality - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Ecuador

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

26 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Right to family life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Romania

Appeal against a decision of the Social Security Commissioner.

20 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

1 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum-seekers - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) | Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

7 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - China