Case Law

15 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Appeal / Right to appeal - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Jurisdiction | Countries: El Salvador - United States of America

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Jurisdiction - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Australia - Malaysia

Admissibility application. See also the judgment on merits: Al-Saadoon and Mufdhi v. United Kingdom; and the judgment of the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): R (on the application of (1) Faisal Attiyah Nassar Al-Saadoon (2) Khalaf Hussain Mufdhi) v. Secretary of State for Defence [2009] EWCA Civ 7.

30 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Death penalty - Effective remedy - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Right to life | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

25 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Falun Gong - Jurisdiction - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: China - New Zealand

Application for judicial review.

25 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Credibility assessment - Jurisdiction - Non-state agents of persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.

8 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immunity - International armed conflict - Jurisdiction - Terrorism | Countries: Iraq - United States of America

4 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Grounds for persecution - Jurisdiction - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims | Countries: Malaysia - New Zealand

Application for judicial review.

28 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Jurisdiction - Non-refoulement - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Refoulement - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Ireland - Togo

22 May 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Jurisdiction - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

4 May 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Indians - Jurisdiction - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Fiji - New Zealand