Title	Ruta v Minister of Home Affairs [2018] ZACC 52
Publisher	South Africa: Constitutional Court
Publication Date	20 December 2018
Country	Rwanda | South Africa
Topics	Deportation / Forcible return | Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants | Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Serious non-political crime
Cite as	Ruta v Minister of Home Affairs [2018] ZACC 52, South Africa: Constitutional Court, 20 December 2018, available at: https://www.refworld.org/cases,ZAF_CC,5d7bb7024.html [accessed 18 May 2023]
Comments	At issue are the reach of the Refugees Act and of the Immigration Act as well as the interplay between these two statutes; the effect of delay on entitlement to apply for refugee status; the operation of the exclusionary provisions of the Refugees Act, particularly section 4(1)(b); and whether this section applies only to crimes committed outside South Africa. Also at issue is the fidelity of the Supreme Court of Appeal to its own judgments and whether in this case commitment to precedent (stare decisis) was breached.
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