Case Law

Discrimination; intérêt supérieur de l’enfant; développement de l’enfant; droit de l’enfant d’être entendu dans toute procédure judiciaire ou administrative l’intéressant; protection et assistance humanitaire voulues pour les enfants réfugiés; droit de l’enfant de jouir du meilleur état de santé possible; traitements inhumains ou dégradants

6 October 2021 | Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Statelessness | Countries: Bulgaria - Switzerland - Syrian Arab Republic

5 March 2021 | Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Countries: Denmark - Somalia

Denial of humanitarian visa to child taken in under kafalah (fostering arrangement) by a Belgian-Moroccan couple

27 September 2018 | Judicial Body: UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Family reunification | Countries: Belgium - Morocco

20 December 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Legal Instrument: 1989 Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Children-at-risk - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 March 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Cambodia

20 July 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Supreme Court | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Appeal / Right to appeal - Climate change (including environmental migrants) - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Denial of refugee status - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Jurisdiction - Livelihoods - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life | Countries: Kiribati - New Zealand

21 December 2012 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Immigrants - Immigration law - Regional instruments - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - Norway

21 December 2012 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants - Immigrants - Immigration law - Regional instruments - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Norway

12 January 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Gender discrimination - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women's rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

The hearing of the appeal was deferred pending the delivery of judgment in Ye v Minister of Immigration [2008] NZCA 291.

19 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Children's rights - Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) - Deportation / Forcible return - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - One-child policy / Family planning - Rejected asylum-seekers - Suspensive effect | Countries: China - New Zealand