Case Law

6 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Honour killings - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Somalis - State protection | Countries: Australia - Denmark

17 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Christian - Criminal justice - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Nigeria

Decision on admissibility.

17 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Deportation / Forcible return - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

16 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Czech Republic

12 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - India

3 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Safe third country - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia

14 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Uganda

6 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Australia - India

30 March 2011 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

24 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Austria: Higher Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Alevis - Domestic violence - Kurd - Non-state agents of persecution - SGBV - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Austria - Turkey