Case Law

6 January 2011 | Judicial Body: Hong Kong: High Court | Topic(s): Right to employment | Countries: Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) - Pakistan

25 January 2010 | Judicial Body: South Africa: High Court | Topic(s): Illegal entry - Immigration Detention - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law | Countries: Burundi - South Africa

43rd session.

10 December 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Burundi - Canada

Admissibility application.

8 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Tutsis | Countries: Burundi - Sweden

14 September 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties - Right to life | Countries: Burundi - Sweden

Application for judicial review.

6 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - State protection - Tutsis | Countries: Burundi - Canada

Application for judicial review.

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Gender-based persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - SGBV - Tutsis - Women-at-risk | Countries: Burundi - Canada

Application for judicial review.

6 February 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Administrative courts - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Tutsis | Countries: Burundi - Canada

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (HX/14596/2003).

4 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Right to family life | Countries: Burundi - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

13 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Tutsis | Countries: Burundi - Canada