International humanitarian law (IHL) / Armed forces / Military

Petition for review granted, order vacated and decision remanded for proceedings to establish clarity with regards to rejection of claimant's past persecution claim and basing decision on the legal principle that past persecution to family members can be the basis for a past persecution claim.

7 October 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

15 April 2011 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Crimes against humanity - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Serb - War crimes | Countries: Croatia

6 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extrajudicial executions - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - United States of America

2 December 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Right to life | Countries: Chad - France

20 October 2010 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Armed forces / Military - Crimes against humanity - Genocide - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tutsis | Countries: Rwanda

27 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Christian - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tigreans | Countries: Ethiopia - 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

19 July 2010 | Judicial Body: International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Armed forces / Military - Combatants / Former combatants - Crimes against humanity - Kosovar - War crimes | Countries: Serbia

6 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - United States of America

17 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Chechen - Criminal justice - Disappeared persons - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Ingush | Countries: Russian Federation