Case Law

21 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Copts - Country of origin information (COI) - Jurisdiction - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Egypt - New Zealand

6 May 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Copts - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Egypt

1 April 2010 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Copts - Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Egypt

On appeal from: [2008] EWCA Civ 1187.

27 January 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Anti-terrorism law - Appeal / Right to appeal - Terrorism | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court: R (on the application of Rabah, Woldemichael and Saadah) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department,[2009] EWHC 1044 (Admin).

4 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Temporary admission | Countries: Eritrea - Ethiopia - Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Copts - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom of conscience - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Egypt - New Zealand

29 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Copts - Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection - Travel documents | Countries: Egypt - New Zealand

22 April 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Copts - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: Australia - Egypt

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/10668/2006).

18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Death penalty - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugees - Standard of proof - Terrorism | Countries: Egypt - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

23 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Bail - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Australia - Egypt