Case Law

15 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Effective protection - Karen - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

10 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

28 October 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Human rights activists - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Myanmar - New Zealand

27 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

26 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Myanmar

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 - Sexual and gender-based violence (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