Ethiopia

The case concerns the validity of a decision to reject an asylum application pursuant to the Immigration Act section 28 subsection 4. The provision applies to asylum seekers who need protection because of their acts in Norway, and implies that such applicants may not be recognised as refugees if the main purpose of their acts has been to obtain a residence permit. For the Supreme Court, the question is whether this exemption is consistent with the Refugee Convention of 28 July 1951 Article 1 A.

17 March 2017 | Judicial Body: Norway: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Refugees sur place - Sur place persecution | Countries: Ethiopia - Norway

Petition for review granted and remanded for review of whether claimant had a subjectively genuine and objectively reasonable well founded fear of future persecution.

11 January 2013 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

30 July 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

26 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Eritreans - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

29 May 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Oromo - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

12 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

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

2 September 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

27 August 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Christian - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Tigreans | Countries: Ethiopia - New Zealand

On Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals.

4 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Ethiopia - United States of America

On appeal from the South Guateng High Court, Johannesburg.

12 March 2010 | Judicial Body: South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Deportation / Forcible return - Illegal entry - Immigration Detention - Immigration law - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee / Asylum law | Countries: Ethiopia - South Africa