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AATA Case No. 1402036 9 December 2015 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): Abduction - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil \| Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka
B010 v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration) 27 November 2015 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Illegal entry - Immigration law - Smuggling of persons \| Countries: Canada - Cuba - Sri Lanka
R. v. Appulonappa 27 November 2015 \| Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Constitutional law - Criminal justice - Immigration law - Right to liberty and security - Smuggling of persons - Tamil \| Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka
AATA Case No. 1408481 30 September 2015 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Tamil - Unlawful departure \| Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka
AATA Case No. 1312181 29 September 2015 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Hindu - Persecution based on political opinion - Physical harm - Tamil - Unlawful departure \| Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka
Y v. Canada 7 August 2015 \| Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) \| Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Right to liberty and security - Right to life \| Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka
CK (Sri Lanka) 28 May 2015 \| Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
RRT Case No. 1405747 5 May 2015 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of religion - Minority rights - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) \| Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka
CH (Sri Lanka) 1 May 2015 \| Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal \| Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Persecution based on political opinion - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka
RRT Case No. 1311465 13 April 2015 \| Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Minority rights - Well-founded fear of persecution \| Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

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