Non-refoulement Claims in Hong Kong

Secretary for Security v Sakthevel Prabakar, FACV 16/2003 (CFA, 8 June 2004)

FB v Director of Immigration, HCAL 51/2007 (CFI, Saunders J, 5 December 2008)

Ubamaka Edward Wilson v Secretary for Security, FACV 15/2011 (CFA, 21 December 2012)

C v Director of Immigration, FACV 18, 19 & 20/2011 (CFA, 25 March 2013)

TK v Michael C Jenkins, CACV 286/2011 (CA, 21 November 2012)

Internal relocation; burden and standard of proof.

ST v Betty Kwan and Secretary for Security, CACV 115/2013 (CA, 26 June 2014)

Oral hearing procedures.

Re Zahid Abbas, CACV 216/2017, [2018] HKCA 15 (CA, 11 January 2018)

Related applications: Re Zunariyah, Re Tariq Farhan, Re Lopchan Subash, Re Zafar Muazam.

Fabio Arlyn Timogan & Ors v Evan Ruth, Adjudicator of the TCAB, CACV 32/2020, [2023] HKCA 150 (CA, 15 February 2023)

Juwarti v Torture Claims Appeal Board, HCAL 270/2023, [2024] HKCFI 3545 (CFI, 17 December 2024)

GA v Director of Immigration, FACV 7, 8, 9 & 10/2013 (CFA, 18 February 2014)

Nupur Mst v Director of Immigration, CAMP 54/2018, [2018] HKCA 524 (CA, 16 August 2018)

PPP: Principles, Procedures and Practice Directions of the TCAB (7th ed, 2021)

Petition Guide: Practice and Procedural Guide of the Petition Scheme (6th ed, 2021)

OHCHR: Istanbul Protocol, Manual on the Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115), Part VIIC (sections 37U to 37ZW)

Schedule 1A to the Immigration Ordinance (Cap 115)

Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance (Cap 383), Articles 2 and 3

Full ordinance; see Articles 2 and 3.

Convention Against Torture, Article 3

1951 Refugee Convention, Article 33

The Judge Over Your Shoulder (Hong Kong Department of Justice, 4th ed, 2022)

Background on judicial review. Free online.

Immigration Department Annual Report 2019, Chapter 6: Removal Assessment and Litigation Branch

Background on how the Immigration Department handles claims. Note the 2019 date.

Kirsteen J Lau, Non-Refoulement Law in Hong Kong: A Practitioner's Guide to the Unified Screening Mechanism (2nd ed, 2021)

LexisNexis; paid.

Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office

UNHCR Hong Kong: Unified Screening Mechanism procedures

Hong Kong Immigration Department: making a non-refoulement claim