Case Law

On appeal from the High Court, Administrative Court: R (on the application of Min Min and Zahra Ali Omar) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 1604 (Admin); and Tekle v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] EWHC 3064 (Admin). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom: [2010] UKSC 36.

20 May 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Reception - Regional instruments - Right to employment | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 29 and 30 October 2008. The country guidance given by the Tribunal in HM (Risk Factors for Burmese Citizens) Burma CG [2006] UKAIT 00012 remains valid.

27 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Sur place persecution - Travel documents - Unlawful departure | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 March 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Witnesses | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

16 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Elections - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - SGBV | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

25 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Chin - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Myanmar - New Zealand

16 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rohingya (Arakanese) | Countries: Myanmar - New Zealand

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Residence permits / Residency - Rohingya (Arakanese) - Safe third country - Statelessness - Statelessness | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

3 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

Application for judicial review.

7 February 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

18 December 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Myanmar - United States of America