Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Changes of circumstances in home country

Translator's Note: The Federal Administrative Court, or Bundesverwaltungsgericht, is the Federal Republic of Germany's supreme administrative court. This unofficial translation is provided for the reader's convenience and has not been officially authorised by the Bundesverwaltungsgericht. Page numbers in citations of international texts have been retained from the original and may not match the pagination in the parallel English versions.

24 February 2011 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Germany - Iraq

On appeal from the Court of Appeal for Quebec.

25 November 2010 | Judicial Body: Canada: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Extradition - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Refugee / Asylum law - Refugees - Roma | Countries: Canada - Hungary

10 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Changes of circumstances in home country - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Guinea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A097-902-790. Petition Denied.

20 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Romania - United States of America

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

11 August 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Grounds for persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Right to employment - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Kyrgyzstan - United States of America

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

16 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Minorities - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tamil - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

Unofficial translation by the Immigration Appeals Board, Norway.

29 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Refugees - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - Norway

21 June 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | 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

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Unpublished opinion.

5 May 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Changes of circumstances in home country - Denial of refugee status - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Sierra Leone - United States of America

Petition for judicial review.

1 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Christian - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Fresh / New claim - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland