Case Law

On appeal from the Federal Court: 2007 CF 1262.

27 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Burden of proof - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Safe third country - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Canada - Colombia

On appeal from the Federal Court: 2007 FC 1262.

27 June 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Burden of proof - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Safe third country - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: Canada - Colombia

19 May 2008 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Countries: Azerbaijan - Sweden

On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen’s Bench Division (Mr Justice McCombe): Nasseri v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2007] EWHC 1548 (Admin). The judgment was subsequently appealed before the House of Lords: [2009] UKHL 23

14 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Non-refoulement - Safe third country | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Federal Court of Canada: 2007 FC 229, [2008] 1 F.C.R. 87.

24 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Standard of proof - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

On appeal from the Federal Court of Canada: 2007 CF 229, [2008] 1 R.C.F. 87.

24 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Complementary forms of protection - Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Standard of proof - Tamil | Countries: Canada - Sri Lanka

Unofficial translation by UNHCR Prague.

26 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Non-refoulement - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Standard of proof | Countries: Czech Republic - Nigeria

Decisions related to this decision are available here: C and Others v. Director of Immigration and Another; C and Others v. Director of Immigration and Another.

18 February 2008 | Judicial Body: Hong Kong: High Court | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-refoulement | Countries: Congo, Republic of the - Guinea - Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) - Sri Lanka

Motion for stay pursuant to Federal Courts Rules, SOR/98-106, r. 398(1)(b) of Federal Court judgment (2007 FC 1262) invalidating Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America for Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims from Nationals of Third Countries, Washington, 5 December 2002, [2004] Can. T.S. No. 2 (entered into force 29 December 2004) pending determination of appeal. The Federal Court’s decision can be accessed here.

31 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Non-refoulement - Safe third country - Single procedure - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations | Countries: