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- Australia (National)· 2001· Federal Court of Australia (Full Court)adverseHigh precedent
Ruddock v Vadarlis [2001] FCA 1329 (the Tampa case)
Whether the Commonwealth executive had power, absent statutory authority, to detain and remove asylum seekers rescued by the MV Tampa and prevent them entering Australia.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementimmigration detentionexecutive power+1 - UK· 2000
UK - House of Lords, 6 July 2000, Horvath v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2000] UKHL 37
EDAL summary. In cases where the applicant fears persecution from non-state actors, the home state can be judged to provide protection if it has in place a system of domestic protection machinery for the detection,...
refugeeasylum - International (UN Human Rights Committee)· 1997· UN Human Rights CommitteefavorableHigh precedent
A v Australia, Communication No. 560/1993, UN Doc CCPR/C/59/D/560/1993
Whether prolonged mandatory immigration detention of an asylum seeker (over three years) breached the prohibition on arbitrary detention and the right to judicial review of detention under ICCPR article 9.
refugeeasylumnon-refoulementimmigration detentionarbitrary detention+1 - Australia (National)· 1997· Human Rights CommissionfavorableHigh precedentnational inquiry
Bringing Them Home - Stolen Generations
National Inquiry into the separation of Aboriginal children from families. Foundational understanding of intergenerational trauma driving justice contact.
child-removalindigenous-rightsintergenerational-traumastolen-generations - United States· 1993· US Supreme CourtadverseHigh precedent
Sale v Haitian Centers Council, 509 U.S. 155 (1993)
High-seas interdiction; scope of non-refoulement under INA & Refugee Convention
asylumextraterritorial-jurisdictionnon-refoulementpushbacksrefugee - Australia (National)· 1991· Royal CommissionfavorableHigh precedentroyal commission
Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody
339 recommendations to address systemic causes of Aboriginal deaths in custody. Found deaths were caused by overrepresentation in custody, not conditions alone.
deaths-in-custodyindigenous-rightssystemic-reform - Canada· 1985· Supreme Court of CanadafavorableHigh precedent
Singh v Minister of Employment and Immigration, [1985] 1 SCR 177
Charter s.7 & s.2(e) 'everyone' includes asylum seekers; oral hearing rights
asylumconstitutional-protectionsdue-processhearing-rightsrefugee - European Union (CJEU)
Gonrieh (C-819/25 PPU)
CJEU case. Subject matter: Borders, asylum and immigration.
refugeeasylum - European Union (CJEU)
Sidilli (C-707/25 )
CJEU case. Subject matter: Borders, asylum and immigration; asylum policy.
refugeeasylum - European Union· CJEU
C-182/26 PPU
CJEU case. Subject matter: Borders, asylum and immigration.
bordersasylumimmigration