Lower Court Judgment
22/09/2017 Supreme Court of Nauru (Khan J)
Catchwords
Migration – Nauru (High Court Appeals) Act 1976 (Cth) – Refugees Convention Act 2012 (Nr) – Where appellant applied to Nauru for refugee status determination under Act – Where Secretary of Nauru Department of Justice determined appellant not refugee and not entitled to complementary protection – Where Refugee Status Review Tribunal affirmed Secretary’s determination – Where Supreme Court of Nauru dismissed appeal – Whether Supreme Court erred in failing to conclude Tribunal misapplied Nauruan law of complementary protection by applying “reasonable relocation” test – Whether Supreme Court erred in failing to conclude Tribunal erred by failing to consider Nauru’s obligations under Convention on the Rights of the Child – Whether Supreme Court erred in failing to conclude Tribunal erred by failing to consider integer of appellant’s objections to relocation.
06/10/2017 Notice of appeal
24/11/2017 Written submissions (Appellant)
24/11/2017 Chronology (Appellant)
15/12/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
05/01/2018 Reply
07/02/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
07/02/2018 Outline of oral argument on common grounds (Appellant)
07/02/2018 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
07/02/2018 Outline of oral argument on grounds 2 and 3 (Appellant)
08/02/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
16/05/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)