Deportation of girl to Somalia, where she would face an alleged risk of being forcefully subjected to female genital mutilation
25 January 2018 | Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Legal Instrument: 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Female genital mutilation (FGM) | Countries: Denmark - Somalia
9 October 2017 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Legal Instrument: 1966 International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) | Topic(s): Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Reception - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Denmark - Italy - Somalia
11 April 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): False documents - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
28 March 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Iraq - Palestine, State of - Russian Federation - Somalia - Syrian Arab Republic
2 March 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Refugee / Asylum law - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
21 February 2017 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Family reunification - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Right to family life | Countries: Austria - Somalia
9 February 2017 | Judicial Body: Kenya: High Court | Topic(s): Group / Prima facie determination - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugee camps - Refugees | Countries: Burundi - Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Eritrea - Ethiopia - Kenya - Rwanda - Somalia - South Sudan - Uganda
22 November 2016 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Malta - Somalia
UNHCR intervened in the case. See Submissions on behalf of UNHCR, 5 November 2014 and Further submissions on behalf of UNHCR, 3 June 2015
12 July 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
17 June 2016 | Judicial Body: Austria: Federal Administrative Court (Bundesverwaltungsgericht) | Topic(s): Right to family life | Countries: Austria - Somalia