Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA)

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17 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Germany - Russian Federation

31 January 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Russian Federation - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Commission permanente de recours des réfugiés (see: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Chechen - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on nationality | Countries: Belgium - Russian Federation

3 September 2004 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Australia - Russian Federation

1 December 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Chechen - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Russian Federation - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 November 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Chechen - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Russian Federation - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 November 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

15 August 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Chechen - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Russian Federation - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2 May 2002 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Russian Federation

Friendly settlement. UNHCR submitted an intervention in this case.

21 December 2001 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Netherlands - Russian Federation