Case Law

9 November 2010 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Effective protection - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Muslim - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Belgium - Senegal

Application for judicial review.

4 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Effective protection - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 September 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Multiple nationality - Naturalization - Proof of nationality - Safe third country | Countries: Korea, Democratic People's Republic of

16 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Indonesia - New Zealand

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

27 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Safe third country - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Viet Nam

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

26 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Abduction - Christian - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - State protection | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of

30 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Right to employment - Roma - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Czech Republic - New Zealand

30 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Effective protection - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection | Countries: Belgium - Guinea

22 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Effective protection - Indians - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - State protection | Countries: Fiji - New Zealand

14 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Exclusion clauses - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - State protection | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand