Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs v QAAH of 2004

[2006] HCA 53
Judgment date
Case number
B2/2006
Before
Gummow ACJ, Kirby, Callinan, Heydon, Crennan JJ
Catchwords

Immigration – Refugees – Application for permanent protection visa – Statute requiring Minister to be satisfied Australia owes protection obligations to the applicant under the Convention – Applicant previously granted temporary protection visa for a specified period – Whether previous grant of temporary protection visa entitles applicant on application for a new visa to a presumption of being owed protection obligations under the Convention – Construction of Migration Act 1958 (Cth), s 36 – Construction of the Convention.

Words and phrases – "refugee", "protection obligations", "cessation".

Migration Act 1958 (Cth) – ss 5(1), 36.

Convention relating to the Status of Refugees – Art 1A, Art 1C(5).

Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.

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