Australia

26 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Falun Gong - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - China

19 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gender discrimination - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Vanuatu

17 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Hindu - Muslim - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Malaysia

Application for judicial review.

31 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - India

Application for judicial review.

27 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

Application for judicial review. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Federal Court of Australia: [2009] FCAFC 109.

23 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Hindu - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

2 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Malaysia

25 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

22 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh