Case Law

15 June 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Abduction - Persecution based on political opinion - Safe third country - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Nepal

22 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - 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 - Political parties | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

The judgment became final on 12 November 2007.

10 May 2007 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Disappeared persons - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

18 April 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Conflict situation - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Extrajudicial executions - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

8 March 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Abduction - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - Colombia

4 January 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Maronite - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

21 November 2006 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Exclusion clauses - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sunni | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

Application for judicial review.

16 November 2006 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Disappeared persons - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

9 November 2006 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Disappeared persons - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Pre-trial detention - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Russian Federation

Heard in the High Court of Namibia.

25 October 2005 | Judicial Body: Namibia: High Court | Topic(s): Abduction - Criminal justice - Exclusion clauses - Extradition - Jurisdiction - Political asylum | Countries: Botswana - Namibia