Facts The first applicant in this case was a recognised refugee in the Czech Republic since 1998. He subsequently arrived in Ireland and applied for a declaration of refugee status. He stated that he had refugee status in the Czech Republic in 1998 but had subsequently been mistreated by that state or by non-state actors, including skinheads, acting with its … Read More
JG and WM (Czech Republic) v Refugee Applications Commissioner and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Applications Commissioner and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2013] IEHC 248 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 17 Apr 2013 |
| Judge: | McDermott J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Asylum (Application for), Geneva Convention & Protocol, Persecution, Protection, Refugee, Refugee in transit |
| Country of Origin: | Angola and Democratic Republic of Congo |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/c0fd25c0-9d85-48de-bf4e-3bce483be008/2013_IEHC_248_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | Applications for asylum made by persons recognised as refugees in third countries based on alleged persecution in those countries are not admissible for processing in Ireland in the absence of cogent evidence that those countries afforded them no protection. This will be particularly where the third country in question is a Member State of the European Union and, as such a signatory to the European Convention on Human Rights and, in most cases, bound by the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and subject to the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union. |