Case Law

Case Law includes national and international jurisprudential decisions. Administrative bodies and tribunals are included.

1951 Refugee Convention 1
Abduction 8
Access to procedures 3
Acts of persecution 9
Agents of persecution 5
Ahmadis 2
Airports 1
Albanians 1
Albinism/Persons with Albinism 1
Aliens 1
Amhara 1
Amish 1
Anti-terrorism law 3
Apartheid 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 35
Arbitrary arrest and detention 39
Armed forces / Military 16
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 19
Armenian 1
Arrival 1
Asylum policy 6
Asylum-seekers 13
Bail 1
Benefit of the doubt 1
Blood feuds 6
Border controls 1
Border crossers 1
Burden of proof 28
COVID-19 1
Catholic 2
Ceasefire 1
Changes of circumstances in home country 25
Child soldiers 1
Children's rights 6
Children-at-risk 11
Christian 16
Citizenship / Nationality law 2
Civil and political rights 2
Civil war 3
Combatants / Former combatants 13
Communal conflict / Social conflict 1
Complementary forms of protection 11
Confidentiality 2
Constitutional law 4
Convention against Torture (CAT) 84
Convention refugee 2
Corruption 6
Country of origin information (COI) 32
Credibility assessment 45
Crimes against humanity 3
Crimes against peace 2
Criminal justice 36
Cumulative grounds of persecution 2
Death penalty 14
Decision on admissibility 1
Denial of nationality 2
Denial of refugee status 327
Deportation / Forcible return 612
Derivative status 5
Dioula 1
Diplomatic assurances 3
Disappeared persons 1
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 6
Domestic violence 6
Drug trafficking 8
Economic, social and cultural rights 5
Effective protection 4
Effective remedy 3
Elections 2
Entry / Exit 2
Equal opportunities 2
Equality before the law 2
Eritreans 2
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 65
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 2
Exclusion clauses 10
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 1
Expedited procedures 1
Expulsion 7
Extradition 22
Extrajudicial executions 2
False documents 1
Falun Gong 1
Family law 2
Family reunification 16
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 24
Flight by land, air or sea 1
Forced marriage 1
Forced sterilization / Abortion 15
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 86
Freedom of assembly and association 2
Freedom of conscience 4
Freedom of expression 104
Freedom of information 1
Freedom of movement 3
Freedom of religion 4
Freedom of speech 101
Fresh / New claim 2
Gang related violence 24
Gender-based persecution 3
Generalized violence 1
Genocide 1
Gio 1
Grounds for persecution 16
HIV and AIDS 14
Habeas corpus 27
Habitual residence 2
Harmful traditional practices 1
Hmong 3
Honour killings 1
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
Human rights activists 1
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 1
Hungarians 1
Ibo 1
Illegal entry 14
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 11
Immigrants 1
Immigration Detention 19
Immigration control after entry 1
Immigration law 13
Immunity 2
Indigenous persons 1
Internal armed conflict 3
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 16
International armed conflict 1
International courts and tribunals 1
International criminal law 1
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 11
Involuntary repatriation 1
Jehovah's Witness 5
Jew 3
Jurisdiction 22
Juvenile justice system 2
Koreans 1
Kosovar 2
Kurd 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 19
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 51
Livelihoods 3
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 5
Mental health 8
Mentally disadvantaged persons 2
Military courts 3
Military law 2
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 34
Minorities 2
Minority rights 1
Multiple nationality 2
Muslim 4
National security / Public order 3
Naturalization 4
Non-refoulement 14
Non-state agents of persecution 44
One-child policy / Family planning 19
Opposition 5
Oromo 4
Peace agreements 2
Persecution based on class/wealth/occupation 1
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 221
Persecution of family members 41
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 41
Persons not in need of international protection 3
Persons with disabilities 1
Physical harm 1
Police 6
Political asylum 28
Political groups 4
Political parties 9
Political situation 1
Pre-trial detention 9
Prison or detention conditions 15
Prisoners of war 2
Proof of nationality 2
Prosecution vs persecution 20
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 3
Protestant 1
Public health 9
Racial / Ethnic persecution 22
Re-entry 1
Refoulement 7
Refugee / Asylum law 14
Refugee seamen 4
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 7
Refugees 5
Regional instruments 2
Rejected asylum-seekers 10
Rejection at border 1
Religious discrimination 4
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 62
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
Resettlement 10
Residence permits / Residency 11
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 2
Right to employment 6
Right to family life 11
Right to health 1
Right to justice 19
Right to liberty and security 13
Right to life 3
Right to return 1
Right to seek asylum 6
Rights of non-citizens 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 36
Russians 1
Safe third country 24
Security forces 1
Security situation 1
Serious non-political crime 5
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 20
Sexual and reproductive rights 4
Shan 1
Shia 2
Single procedure 2
Smuggling of persons 1
Social group discrimination 6
Social group persecution 137
Standard of proof 16
State protection 26
Statelessness 5
Stowaways 1
Sunni 1
Suspensive effect 6
Tamil 6
Temporary protection 3
Terrorism 26
Threats / Intimidation 6
Tibetan 1
Torture 3
Trafficking in persons 4
Transgression of social / cultural norms 5
Travel documents 2
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 5
Uighur 1
Unaccompanied / Separated children 3
Uzbek 1
Visas 40
Voluntary repatriation 1
War crimes 6
Well-founded fear of persecution 168
Withdrawal of nationality 1
Witnesses 6
Women-at-risk 13
Work permits 1
Yoruba 1

1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) 2

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Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania (application no. 46454/11) violations of Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights, because of the Government’s failure to effectively investigate Mr Husayn’s allegations and because of its complicity in the CIA’s actions that had led to ill-treatment; and violations of Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 8 (right to respect for private life), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy), in conjunction with Article 3. 31 May 2018 \| 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 - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Jurisdiction \| Countries: Lithuania - Palestine, State of - United States of America
David Jennings, et al. v. Alejandro Rodriguez et al. 27 February 2018 \| Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Immigration Detention \| Countries: United States of America
Cruz v. Sessions, Attorney General 13 March 2017 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit \| Topic(s): Persecution of family members - Social group persecution \| Countries: Honduras - United States of America
Bringas-Rodriguez v. Sessions, Attorney General 8 March 2017 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - State protection \| Countries: Mexico - United States of America
Bringas-Rodriguez v. Sessions, Attorney General 8 March 2017 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - State protection \| Countries: Mexico - United States of America
State of Washington; State of Minnesota v. Trump, President of the United States; U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Tillerson, Secretary of State; Kelly, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security; United States of America 9 February 2017 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit \| Topic(s): Arrival - Immigration law - Refugee / Asylum law - Visas \| Countries: United States of America
Cambara-Cambara v. Lynch, Attorney General 13 September 2016 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit \| Topic(s): Economic, social and cultural rights - Gang related violence - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution \| Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
Hernandez-Lima v. Lynch, Attorney General 7 September 2016 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit \| Topic(s): Gang related violence - Grounds for persecution - Persecution of family members - Social group persecution - Threats / Intimidation \| Countries: Guatemala - United States of America
Castro and Others v. Department of Homeland Security and Others, Opinion Dismissed Pursuant to Court’s Order entered May 13, 2016. 29 August 2016 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Family reunification \| Countries: Cuba - United States of America
Lara v. Lynch, Attorney General 17 August 2016 \| Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit \| Topic(s): Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Resettlement \| Countries: Bolivia - United States of America

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