NAFP v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 241

NAFP v Minister for Immigration & Multicultural & Indigenous Affairs [2003] FCA 241

The threat or act of suicide by the applicant’s mother would not amount to persecution within the meaning of the Convention, as it does not involve harm by the state or its agents, nor does it involve the state's failure to protect the applicant for a Convention reason.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
13 March 2003
Procedural Posture
Judicial Review / Federal Court Judgment of Judicial Review of Refugee Review Tribunal Decision
Outcome
Application for judicial review dismissed
Legal Topics
['protection Visas' 'refugee Law' 'judicial Review' 'definition of Persecution']

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Procedural Posture

Judicial Review / Federal Court Judgment of Judicial Review of Refugee Review Tribunal Decision

  1. 1 ['Whether the Tribunal erred in failing to consider if the applicant’s mother’s threat of suicide could constitute persecution within the Convention' 'Whether the decision involved an error of law or lack of jurisdiction' "Whether the Tribunal's findings about the applicant's credibility or risk in Bangladesh involved a jurisdictional error"]

Ratio Decidendi

The threat or act of suicide by the applicant’s mother would not amount to persecution within the meaning of the Convention, as it does not involve harm by the state or its agents, nor does it involve the state's failure to protect the applicant for a Convention reason.

Court Disposition

Application for judicial review dismissed

Orders

  • ['Application dismissed' "Applicant to pay the respondent's costs of the application"]