Case Law

(Directive 2004/83/EC – Minimum standards for determining who qualifies for refugee status or subsidiary protection status – Stateless persons of Palestinian origin who have in fact availed themselves of assistance from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) – The right of those stateless persons to recognition as refugees on the basis of the second sentence of Article 12(1)(a) of Directive 2004/83 – Conditions under which applicable – Cessation of UNRWA assistance ‘for any reason’ – Evidence – Consequences for the persons concerned seeking refugee status – Persons ‘ipso facto … entitled to the benefits of [the] Directive’ – Automatic recognition as a ‘refugee’ within the meaning of Article 2(c) of Directive 2004/83 and the granting of refugee status in accordance with Article 13 thereof)

19 December 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Refugees - Statelessness | Countries: Palestine, State of

12 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - National security / Public order - Prison or detention conditions - Refugees - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Palestine, State of - Romania

22 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Cour de cassation | Topic(s): Palestinian - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Refugees - Statelessness - Statelessness - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Belgium - Lebanon - 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