Case Law

Application for judicial review.

19 December 2005 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: High Court | Topic(s): Assyrians - Christian - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Standard of proof - State protection | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal.

28 June 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Genocide - Hutus - Standard of proof | Countries: Canada - Rwanda

On appeal from the Federal Court of Appeal.

28 June 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Genocide - Hutus - Standard of proof | Countries: Canada - Rwanda

23 May 2005 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Genocide - Standard of proof - Witnesses | Countries: Rwanda

Original: anglais. Traduction officielle.

23 May 2005 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Genocide - Standard of proof - Tutsis - Witnesses | Countries: Rwanda

Heard: 11.01.2005; Signed: 11.01.2005; Sent out: 03.02.2005. Asylum seeker - recognized as a refugee in another country - burden on Home Office to show most substantial and clear grounds for not according refugee status in this country.

3 February 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Standard of proof | Countries: Ethiopia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

26 November 2003 | Judicial Body: Austria: Supreme Administrative Court (Verwaltungsgerichtshof) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - International protection - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Standard of proof | Countries: Afghanistan - Austria

Appeals against certification by the Secretary of State for the Home Department as suspected international terrorists. The determination deals with the generic legal and factual material in those appeals. The Commission's conclusions on each of the individual Appellants are available at: Ajouaou v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/10/2002); C v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/7/2002); D v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/6/2002); A v. Secretary of State for the Home Department (SC/1/2002) .

29 October 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Immigration Detention - Jurisdiction - National security / Public order - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Standard of proof - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland