EMP144 v. Republic of Nauru
Case No.
M151/2017
Case Information
Lower Court Judgment
27/09/2017 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 by failing to conclude Tribunal failed to consider objections to relocation under Refugees Convention – Whether Supreme Court erred in failing to conclude Tribunal denied appellant procedural fairness – Whether Supreme Court erred by failing to conclude Tribunal failed to consider integers of complementary protection claim – Whether Supreme Court erred in failing to conclude Tribunal misapplied Nauruan law of complementary protection by applying “reasonable relocation” test.
Documents
11/10/2017 Notice of appeal
16/11/2017 Written submissions - redacted (Appellant)
16/11/2017 Chronology - redacted (Appellant)
12/12/2017 Written submissions (Respondent)
19/01/2018 Reply (Appellant )
31/01/2018 Amended chronology - redacted (Appellant)
31/01/2018 Amended reply (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 on common grounds (Respondent)
07/02/2018 Outline of oral argument (Appellant)
08/02/2018 Hearing (Full Court, Canberra) (Audio-visual recording)
08/02/2018 Outline of oral argument (Respondent)
16/05/2018 Judgment (Judgment summary)