Refworld | Case Law

1951 Refugee Convention 3
Abduction 96
Abuse of psychiatry 1
Access to procedures 68
Acehnese 1
Acholi 1
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 18
Acts of persecution 13
Administrative courts 15
Administrative law 2
Adoption 3
Afro-Colombians 1
Agents of persecution 21
Ahmadis 58
Ahwazi 1
Airports 41
Akan 1
Alawi 1
Albanians 3
Alevis 7
Aliens 4
Amhara 1
Amish 1
Anti-terrorism law 20
Apartheid 1
Appeal / Right to appeal 258
Arabs 4
Arbitrary arrest and detention 569
Armed forces / Military 76
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 111
Armenian 6
Arrival 29
Ashkaelian 6
Ashraf 5
Assyrians 8
Asylum policy 74
Asylum-migration nexus 2
Asylum-seekers 130
Azeri 3
Baganda 1
Baha'i 5
Bail 27
Bajuni 6
Bantu 1
Banyamulenge 3
Baptist 2
Basques 1
Bedoon 8
Beja 2
Bellah 1
Benadiri 2
Benefit of the doubt 9
Berber 3
Berti 1
Bihari 7
Blood feuds 15
Border conflict 1
Border controls 6
Border crossers 1
Bosnian 5
Buddhist 19
Burden of proof 115
Burden-sharing and international co-operation 1
Cabinda 1
Carrier sanctions 5
Catholic 58
Ceasefire 21
Cessation clauses 57
Chakma 1
Chaldean 6
Changes of circumstances in home country 137
Chechen 51
Child labour 1
Child prostitution 2
Child soldiers 17
Children's rights 109
Children-at-risk 71
Chin 2
Chinese 14
Christian 316
Citizenship law 66
Civil and political rights 19
Civil rights legislation 1
Civil war 10
Climate change (including environmental migrants) 4
Combatants / Former combatants 62
Communal conflict / Social conflict 2
Complementary forms of protection 194
Confidentiality 8
Conflict resolution 1
Conflict situation 25
Constitutional law 35
Contemporary forms of slavery 8
Convention against Torture (CAT) 75
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) 1
Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 10
Convention refugee 83
Copts 15
Corruption 22
Country of origin information (COI) 1,104
Coup d'état 10
Credibility assessment 774
Crime prevention 11
Crimes against humanity 340
Crimes against peace 3
Criminal justice 603
Croats 5
Cumulative grounds of persecution 8
Customary law 2
Dalit 2
Darfuri 3
Darod 4
Death in custody 1
Death penalty 60
Death squads 1
Decision on admissibility 96
Demobilization / Disarmament 1
Democracy 6
Denial of nationality 15
Denial of refugee status 405
Deportation / Forcible return 1,640
Dera Sacha Sauda 2
Derivative status 30
Dioula 3
Diplomatic assurances 43
Diplomatic asylum 3
Disabled persons 28
Disappeared persons 47
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 167
Domestic violence 97
Drug trafficking 61
EU Qualification Directive 65
Economic, social and cultural rights 31
Effective protection 184
Effective remedy 165
Elderly 6
Election law 1
Elections 32
Endorois 1
Entry / Exit 3
Equal opportunities 20
Equality before the law 27
Eritreans 6
Ethiopians 1
Ethnic cleansing 61
Evangelical 12
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 895
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 50
Exclusion clauses 188
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 70
Expedited procedures 19
Expulsion 298
Extended definition 3
Extradition 130
Extrajudicial executions 23
Extreme poverty 5
False documents 38
Falun Gong 109
Family law 14
Family reunification 79
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 70
Fijians 1
Flight by land, air or sea 2
Forced labour 21
Forced marriage 35
Forced sterilization / Abortion 10
Foreign occupation 1
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 992
Freedom of assembly and association 24
Freedom of conscience 24
Freedom of expression 213
Freedom of information 5
Freedom of movement 37
Freedom of religion 49
Freedom of speech 176
Fresh / New claim 57
Fulani 1
Fur 2
Ga 1
Gagauz 1
Gender discrimination 24
Gender-based persecution 64
Genocide 139
Gio 1
Good governance 1
Gross, systematic and large-scale 7
Grounds for persecution 107
HIV and AIDS 64
Habeas corpus 65
Habitual residence 10
Haitians 4
Han 2
Hare Krishna 1
Harmful traditional practices 9
Hazara 30
Hema 1
Hijacking 4
Hindu 35
Hmong 3
Honour killings 21
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 77
Huang Jiao 1
Hui 1
Human rights activists 39
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 109
Human rights courts 12
Human rights law 6
Human rights monitors 2
Hungarians 3
Hutus 11
IDP camps 11
Ibo 4
Iko 1
Illegal entry 128
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 43
Illegitimate children 11
Immigrants 8
Immigration Detention 288
Immigration control after entry 2
Immigration law 59
Immunity 4
Impunity 5
Inclusion clauses 4
Independence of judiciary 48
Indians 11
Indigenous persons 7
Ingush 3
Internal armed conflict 76
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 445
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 79
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) 1
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) 8
International armed conflict 14
International courts and tribunals 94
International criminal law 31
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 75
International protection 16
Involuntary repatriation 37
Ismaili 1
Issaq 2
Jehovah's Witness 37
Jew 14
Jurisdiction 97
Juvenile justice system 2
Kachin 2
Karen 4
Kasaians 1
Kashmiris 1
Kikuyu 2
Kisii 1
Korani 1
Koreans 5
Kosovar 24
Kurd 135
Kusasi 1
Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 1
Lari 1
Law of the sea 1
Laws relating to religion 5
Legal representation / Legal aid 84
Lendu 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 224
Livelihoods 4
Lorosae 1
Luo 2
Madhiban 3
Malinke / Mandingo 1
Mandate status 9
Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 92
Maronite 1
Massaleit 2
Maternal and child health care 2
Medical screening 2
Mental health 135
Mentally disadvantaged persons 8
Mercenaries 1
Messianic Jews 2
Methodist 2
Midgan 2
Migrant rights 4
Migrants 14
Military courts 6
Military law 7
Military operations 4
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 281
Minorities 35
Minority rights 6
Montenegrin 1
Moor 1
Mormon 5
Multiple nationality 34
Muslim 92
National security / Public order 77
Nationality law 5
Naturalization 21
Ndebele 1
Nepalis 2
Non-refoulement 239
Non-self-governing territories 3
Non-state agents of persecution 646
Nuba 3
Ogaden 1
One-child policy / Family planning 37
Opposition 54
Oromo 17
Orthodox Christian 7
Palestinian 47
Pashtun 9
Passports 89
Peace agreements 7
Peace process 1
Peacekeeping 1
Pentecostal 10
Persecution based on nationality 34
Persecution based on political opinion 1,744
Persecution of family members 222
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 168
Persons not in need of international protection 3
Police 38
Political asylum 193
Political groups 47
Political parties 197
Political situation 18
Polygamy 3
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 62
Pre-entry procedures 30
Pre-trial detention 60
Presbyterian 1
Prevention of discrimination 1
Prison or detention conditions 108
Prisoners of war 2
Proof of nationality 37
Property restitution 5
Prosecution vs persecution 162
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 25
Protection of camps 1
Protestant 5
Public health 104
Punjabis 4
Quan Yin 1
Racial / Ethnic persecution 571
Re-entry 11
Readmission 1
Reception 41
Referendum 1
Refoulement 209
Refugee / Asylum law 35
Refugee camps 15
Refugee law 6
Refugee seamen 6
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 9
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
Refugees 130
Refugees sur place 5
Regional instruments 34
Registration 13
Reintegration 1
Rejected asylum-seekers 227
Rejection at border 2
Religious discrimination 73
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 770
Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 5
Resettlement 15
Residence permits / Residency 132
Return conditions 2
Returnees 18
Right to a nationality 9
Right to development 1
Right to education 74
Right to employment 117
Right to family life 444
Right to food 6
Right to health 23
Right to justice 131
Right to liberty and security 235
Right to life 185
Right to registration at birth 4
Right to return 2
Right to seek asylum 16
Right to self-determination 4
Rights of non-citizens 9
Rohingya (Arakanese) 4
Roma 84
Romanians 2
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 356
Russians 8
Rwandans 5
SGBV 174
Sabean Mandean 1
Safe country of origin 45
Safe third country 209
Saharawis 1
Salafi 1
Samoan 1
Scientologist 1
Secondary movement 1
Security forces 15
Security situation 66
Serb 18
Serious non-political crime 54
Seventh Day Adventist 1
Sexual and reproductive rights 26
Shamanism 1
Shan 2
Sharia law 12
Sheikhal 1
Shia 64
Sikh 32
Sindhis 1
Single heads of household 21
Single procedure 44
Sinhalese 7
Smuggling of persons 11
Social group discrimination 38
Social group persecution 759
Somalis 1
Soyot 1
Standard of proof 104
State protection 370
Stateless persons 80
Statelessness 93
Stowaways 2
Sunni 17
Sur place persecution 67
Suspensive effect 17
Tajik 10
Tamil 202
Taoist 3
Tatars 1
Temporary admission 34
Temporary protection 12
Terrorism 241
Tibetan 6
Tigreans 1
Torture 27
Trafficking in persons 53
Transgression of social / cultural norms 45
Transit 1
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 6
Travel documents 39
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 32
Tuni Torre 1
Tutsis 109
UNHCR mandate 5
Uighur 12
Unaccompanied / Separated children 73
Unification Church 1
Unlawful departure 70
Urban refugees 1
Uzbek 6
Visas 231
Voluntary repatriation 9
War crimes 128
Well-founded fear of persecution 345
Widowed persons 2
Withdrawal of nationality 18
Witnesses 101
Women's rights 13
Women-at-risk 153
Work permits 24
Yazīdī 2
Yibir 2
Yoruba 5
Zoroastrian 3
Zulus 1

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