Asylum / Political asylum

27 May 2021 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Political asylum - Political situation - Returnees | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This matter is related to various omissions attributed to immigration authorities in the conduct of a procedure to obtain asylum requested by an unaccompanied migrant minor. The First Chamber of the SCJN determined to exercise its power of attraction to establish whether the administrative authorities of the Mexican State are bound by the provisions of “General Observation No. 6 (2005) Treatment of unaccompanied minors and separated from their relatives outside of their country of origin”, issued on the basis of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The matter will also make it possible to determine who are the competent administrative authorities to promote, respect, protect and guarantee the human rights of migrant girls, boys and adolescents, unaccompanied, asylum seekers, who are within the national territory and, finally, establish whether there is –or not–, within the substantiation of an amparo lawsuit, the obligation of one of the parties to prove the existence of the act that is claimed when it is omission –not legislative– in nature; and, if the answer is affirmative, decide who has the burden of proof: responsible authority (allegedly omission), or the complainant (who claims the alleged omission).

19 February 2020 | Judicial Body: Mexico: Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación | Topic(s): Political asylum | Countries: Mexico

26 January 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Physical harm - Political asylum - Prison or detention conditions - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - Switzerland

9 June 2015 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Jurisdiction - Persecution based on political opinion - Political asylum - Refugee / Asylum law - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Mauritius - United States of America

28 April 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom of religion - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political asylum - Political parties - Social group discrimination - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women's rights | Countries: New Zealand - Türkiye

19 August 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Political asylum | Countries: China - United States of America

17 April 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Persecution of family members - Political asylum - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Burundi - Canada

24 March 2014 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Persons not in need of international protection - Political asylum - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Albania - Canada - United States of America

2 December 2008 | Judicial Body: Argentina: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Persecution based on political opinion - Political asylum - Refugees | Countries: Argentina - Nicaragua