Facts: The applicants were a family unit composed of a father, a mother and their two children from Kosovo. They were all ethnic Albanians. They claimed asylum in Ireland, stating that they feared persecution arising out of a blood feud. The father’s brother was alleged to have killed his brother-in-law in 2009. The brother’s whereabouts were unknown and, as a … Read More
AVB v Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General / XBG and AB1 (a minor) and AB2 (a minor) v Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Appeals Tribunal, Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Ireland and the Attorney General |
| Court/s: | High Court |
| Citation/s: | [2015] IEHC 13 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Judicial Review |
| Judgment Date/s: | 14 Jan 2015 |
| Judge: | Stewart J. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Asylum (Application for), Minor, Persecution, Refugee, Refugee Law |
| Country of Origin: | Albania / Kosovo |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/932620b4-4d8d-48f7-b750-49ccbfe63ddf/2015_IEHC_13_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Geographic Focus: | Ireland |
| Principles: | A family which is threatened with retaliation as part of a blood feud is capable of constituting a “particular social group” for the purpose of the definition of a refugee as set out in s. 2 of the Refugee Act 1996. |