Case Law

Application for judicial review.

19 September 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Palestinian - Persecution based on nationality - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Palestine, State of

Application for judicial review.

19 September 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Family reunification - Palestinian - Refugees - Right to family life | Countries: Canada - Palestine, State of

23 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Complementary forms of protection - Expulsion - Mental health - Public health - Standard of proof | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

14 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Palestine, State of - United States of America

Date: 7 December 2004; Date determination notified: 18 May 2005.

18 May 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Terrorism | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Jugements de la Cour administrative d'appel de Versailles du 25 novembre 2004, OFPRA c/ M. Khaled Abdelhafiz & de la Cour administrative d'appel de Marseille du 21 février 2005, OFPRA c/ M. Nasser X Both cases concern application of article 1 § 2 i) of the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. OFPRA rejected the requests for stateless person status because the applicants were respectively registered with UNRWA in Syria and Jordan. For the OFPRA, they are under UNRWA's mandate and are not eligible to the status of the 1954 Convention. The first instance administrative tribunals reversed OFPRA's decisions. OFPRA appealed these decisions and the court of appeals of Versailles and Marseille found that both applicants were living in France with a legal residence permit and had therefore established their habitual residence outside of UNRWA's geographic jurisdiction. Consequently, They did not come under the purview of the exclusion clause of article 1 § 2 i) of the 1954 Convention.

21 February 2005 | Judicial Body: France: Cour administrative | Countries: France - Palestine, State of

Date of Hearing: 6 September and 15 November 2004; Date Signed: 6 January 2005; Date Determination Notified: 1 February 2005.

1 February 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date of hearing: 24 May 2004; Date determination notified: 29 October 2004.

29 October 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee camps - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland