Case Law

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.

14 January 2005 | Judicial Body: Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Bulgaria - Somalia

4 January 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Citizenship / Nationality law - Naturalization | Countries: Albania - Bulgaria

23 June 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Exhaustion of domestic remedies | Countries: Bulgaria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision.

26 February 2004 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Countries: Bulgaria

9 December 2003 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Commission permanente de recours des réfugiés (see: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma | Countries: Belgium - Bulgaria

Final 04/03/2004.

3 December 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Effective protection - Gender-based persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Women-at-risk | Countries: Bulgaria

25 September 2003 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Prison or detention conditions - Right to liberty and security | Countries: Bulgaria - Denmark

The judgment became final on 20 September 2002.

20 June 2002 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Immigration law - Right to family life - Right to liberty and security - Rights of non-citizens - Statelessness | Countries: Bulgaria - Kuwait - Syrian Arab Republic

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals Argued and Submitted: October 11, 2001 - San Francisco, California

28 November 2001 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Bulgaria - United States of America

3 May 2001 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Countries: Bulgaria