NVU v Refugee Appeals Tribunal

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NVU v Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Respondent/Defendant:Refugee Appeals Tribunal
Court/s:Court of Appeal
Citation/s:[2019] IECA 183
Nature of Proceedings:Appeal/Judicial Review
Judgment Date/s:26 Jun 2019
Judge:Baker M
Category:Refugee Law
Keywords:Asylum Applicant (Secondary Movement of), Dublin Regulation, Transfer Order
Country of Origin:Pakistan
URL:https://www.courts.ie/acc/alfresco/31278c52-532f-445e-b1a1-ef95691a18d2/2019_IECA_183_1.pdf/pdf#view=fitH

Facts This appeal concerned article 17 of the Dublin III Regulation which vests in Member States the discretion to deal with an application for refugee status on humanitarian or compassionate grounds where Dublin III would otherwise have resulted in that application being transferred to another Member State. The issue concerned the identity of the appropriate national authority to exercise the … Read More

Principles:The sovereign discretion in article 17 is exercisable in Irish law by the national asylum authorities and is not reserved to the Minister for Justice.
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