Case Law

8 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

3 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - State protection | Countries: Australia - Georgia

14 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - 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 | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

12 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - India

12 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Resettlement - Safe third country | Countries: Mauritania

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A078-668-359. Petition Denied.

3 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: India - United States of America

15 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

12 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | 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

6 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses - Extrajudicial executions - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law | Countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina - United States of America

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.

18 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Bulgaria - Iran, Islamic Republic of