CRI026 v. Republic of Nauru
Case No.
M131/2017
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
29/08/2017 Supreme Court of Nauru (Crulci 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 erroneous reference by Tribunal in decision to appellant as Tamil from Sri Lanka gave rise to error of law.
Documents
12/09/2017 Notice of appeal
27/10/2017 Written submissions - redacted (Appellant)
27/10/2017 Chronology - redacted (Appellant)
20/11/2017 Written submissions - redacted (Respondent)
22/11/2017 Reply (Appellant)
31/01/2018 Chronology - amended and redacted (Appellant)
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, 3 and 4 (Appellant)
08/02/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
16/05/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)