Age, gender and diversity / Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV)

26 January 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AS/56874/2003 & AS/57476/2003).

29 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Public health - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

1 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Abduction - Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Derivative status - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to family life - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

6 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Gender-based persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka

20 July 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka