Case Law

Heard on 10 November 2003 and delivered on 28 November 2003.

28 November 2003 | Judicial Body: South Africa: Supreme Court of Appeal | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Right to education - Right to employment | Countries: South Africa - Zimbabwe

17 September 2003 | Judicial Body: Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Equal opportunities - Right to employment | Countries: Costa Rica

24 June 2003 | Judicial Body: Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Immigration Detention - Right to employment | Countries: Costa Rica - Panama

12 March 2003 | Judicial Body: Costa Rica: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Right to employment | Countries: Colombia - Costa Rica

10 February 2003 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | 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 - Right to employment | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

27 September 2002 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Impunity - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to employment | Countries: China - New Zealand

18 July 2002 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Right to employment - Roma - State protection | Countries: Czech Republic - New Zealand

Date of hearing: 25 February 2002.

16 April 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Persons with disabilities - Public health - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Burkina Faso - Canada

8 October 2001 | Judicial Body: South Africa: Constitutional Court | Topic(s): Constitutional law - Immigration law - Persecution based on political opinion - Residence permits / Residency - Right to employment - Work permits | Countries: Senegal - South Africa

Date of hearing: 20 June 2001.

16 July 2001 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persons with disabilities - Right to education - Right to employment - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Chile