Case Law

13 February 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Refugees - Refugees sur place - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

29 January 2014 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Mandate status - Refugees - UNHCR mandate | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

28 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Muslim - Refugees - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - India

14 January 2014 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest - Refugees - Terrorism | Countries: Australia - Türkiye

10 October 2013 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Persons not in need of international protection - Refugees - Sunni | Countries: Australia - Lebanon

For related decisions see Tashuma Noga Desta et al. v. The Knesset et al. & Eitan – Israeli Immigration Policy Center et al. v. The Israeli Government et al. These decisions deal with Amendments 3, 4 and 5 to the Law for the Prevention of Infiltration taken by the Supreme Court in its capacity as the High Court of Justice.

16 September 2013 | Judicial Body: Israel: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Asylum-seekers - Border controls - Effective remedy - Freedom of movement - Non-refoulement - Refugees - Rejection at border - Right to seek asylum - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Israel

For related decisions see Tashuma Noga Desta et al. v. The Knesset et al. & Eitan – Israeli Immigration Policy Center et al. v. The Israeli Government et al. These decisions deal with Amendments 3, 4 and 5 to the Law for the Prevention of Infiltration taken by the Supreme Court in its capacity as the High Court of Justice.

16 September 2013 | Judicial Body: Israel: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Asylum-seekers - Border controls - Effective remedy - Freedom of movement - Non-refoulement - Refugees - Rejection at border - Right to seek asylum - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Israel

26 June 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Refugees - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Albania - United States of America

(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