Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Persecution of family members

Ninety-eighth session of the Human Rights Committee (8 to 26 March 2010)

21 May 2010 | Judicial Body: UN Human Rights Committee (HRC) | Topic(s): Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Persecution of family members - Right to a nationality - Right to family life | Countries: Guyana

11 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Australia - China

7 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties | Countries: Australia - India

7 May 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Fresh / New claim - Jurisdiction - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties | Countries: New Zealand

23 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Sudan

21 April 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Security situation | Countries: Iraq - New Zealand

9 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Abduction - Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sikh - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On petition for review of an order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. The panel and BIA’s decisions were subsequently vacated and the case was remanded to the BIA: Mejilla-Romero v. Holder, Attorney General.

6 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

25 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Dioula - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United States of America

Admissibility application.

8 December 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Human rights activists - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Tutsis | Countries: Burundi - Sweden