Facts: The applicants were a Chinese husband and wife from Fujian province. The wife was born in 1975 and the husband in 1977. She gave birth to a son in August 1998, in secret, because the father was not then at the minimum age to marry which was 22 years. They married in January 1999, when he had reached the … Read More
SJL v Refugee Appeals Tribunal
| Respondent/Defendant: | Refugee Appeals Tribunal |
| Citation/s: | [2016] IECA 47 |
| Nature of Proceedings: | Appeal |
| Judgment Date/s: | 26 Feb 2016 |
| Judge: | Ryan S. |
| Category: | Refugee Law |
| Keywords: | Asylum, Persecution, Refugee, Refugee (Convention), Refugee Law |
| Country of Origin: | China |
| URL: | https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/8b8a8456-9db7-485f-9a30-41915cd5dcd9/2016_IECA_47_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH |
| Principles: | The decision in SJL is significant because it rejects the narrow or strict interpretation of the concept of “membership of a particular social group” in favour of a broader and more generous interpretation. |