Case Law

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.

9 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Austria - Russian Federation

27 August 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Mongolia

Heard at Procession House on 16 and 17 October, 24 November 2008; and 7 and 8 May, 9 June, 18 August 2009.

7 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Customary law - Domestic violence - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender discrimination - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Domestic violence - Grounds for persecution | Countries: Australia - Serbia

16 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Cambodia

15 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Domestic violence - Expulsion - Non-state agents of persecution - Refugees - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Turkey

Heard at Field House on 21 and 22 April 2010

22 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Domestic violence - Gender discrimination - Gender-based persecution - Honour killings - Non-state agents of persecution - Police - Prison or detention conditions - Refugee / Asylum law - Return conditions - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Vanuatu

Application for judicial review.

4 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Domestic violence - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-state agents of persecution - Right to family life - Social group persecution | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3 March 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Indonesia