National law / Refugee / Asylum law

This decision was about the granting of family asylum to a woman of Tibetan ethnicity. It represent a landmark judgment of the FAC acknowledging the existence of a new specific circumstance that goes against the granting of family asylum. The FAC overrules the decision of the SEM to refuse family asylum and refers the matter back to the SEM for further investigation and reassessment.

1 July 2020 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Family reunification - Refugee / Asylum law - Tibetan | Countries: China - Switzerland

Question about granting second asylum to a Chinese national of Tibetan ethnicity born in India. Second asylum, within the meaning of Art. 50 LAsi, does not presuppose recognition as a refugee in a first state of asylum that is a signatory to the Refugee Convention.

4 July 2019 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Family reunification - Freedom of movement - Passports - Refugee / Asylum law - Visas | Countries: China - Switzerland

October 2018 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

October 2018 | Publisher: Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre | Document type: Case Law Compilations/Analyses

July 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

26 May 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Appeal / Right to appeal - Forced sterilization / Abortion - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law - Right to family life - Visas - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - United States of America

25 May 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Refugee / Asylum law - Threats / Intimidation - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: China - New Zealand

27 March 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Criminal justice - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugees | Countries: China - United States of America

September 2010 | Publisher: Consonant (formerly Asylum Aid) | Document type: Country Reports

April 2010 | Publisher: International Federation for Human Rights | Document type: Conference Reports