SJL v Refugee Appeals Tribunal

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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

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

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. 

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