NAHW v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 399

NAHW v Minister for Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs [2004] FCA 399

The Tribunal failed to complete its jurisdictional task in relation to the male appellant. It treated past incidents as determinative of serious harm rather than assessing the future harm he feared from the SBU, drew a non sequitur in concluding that fear arising from refusal to inform on rallies was not Convention related merely because the SBU was not interested in his own political opinions, and failed to assess his claim on the basis of conduct he was free or entitled to engage in consistently with Appellant S 395. No jurisdictional error was shown in relation to the wife appellant's claims.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
08 April 2004
Procedural Posture
Appeal From Orders of a Federal Magistrate Dismissing an Application for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of Protection Visas / Reasons for Judgment; Matter Stood Over for Final Orders
Outcome
Matter stood over for final orders; reasons indicated the appeal should be allowed in relation to the male appellant and no ground was made out to challenge the decision as to the wife appellant's claims.
Legal Topics
['protection Visas' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'jurisdictional Error' 'persecution for Reasons of Political Opinion' 'section 91 R of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution']
['migration Law' 'administrative Law' 'refugee Law'] ['protection Visas' 'refugee Review Tribunal' 'jurisdictional Error' 'persecution for Reasons of Political Opinion' 'section 91 R of the Migration Act 1958 (cth)' 'well Founded Fear of Persecution']

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Procedural Posture

Appeal From Orders of a Federal Magistrate Dismissing an Application for Review of a Refugee Review Tribunal Decision Affirming Refusal of Protection Visas / Reasons for Judgment; Matter Stood Over for Final Orders

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Refugee Review Tribunal committed jurisdictional error in rejecting the male appellant's claim to fear persecution by the SBU for reasons of political opinion." 'Whether the Tribunal erred by assessing past harm rather than the future harm feared for the purposes of s 91R of the Migration Act 1958 (Cth).' 'Whether the Tribunal erred in concluding that fear of harm arising from refusal to become an informer was not Convention related.' 'Whether the Tribunal impermissibly expected the male appellant to modify his political conduct on return to Ukraine.' "Whether any error was shown in relation to the wife appellant's claims."]

Ratio Decidendi

The Tribunal failed to complete its jurisdictional task in relation to the male appellant. It treated past incidents as determinative of serious harm rather than assessing the future harm he feared from the SBU, drew a non sequitur in concluding that fear arising from refusal to inform on rallies was not Convention related merely because the SBU was not interested in his own political opinions, and failed to assess his claim on the basis of conduct he was free or entitled to engage in consistently with Appellant S 395. No jurisdictional error was shown in relation to the wife appellant's claims.

Court Disposition

Matter stood over for final orders; reasons indicated the appeal should be allowed in relation to the male appellant and no ground was made out to challenge the decision as to the wife appellant's claims.

Orders

  • ['The matter stand over to 10.00am on 16 April 2004 for the making of final orders, and any argument in relation thereto.' 'On or before 15 April 2004, the respondent file and serve orders, which she contends, are conformable with the reasons published today.']