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AustraliaThis National Site collects leading decisions from the Australian Refugee Review Tribunal (RRT), Federal Court (FC) and Federal Magistrates' Court (FMC). High Court and Full Federal Court decisions are located in the Core Collection. The National Coordinators for Australia (RRT, FC and FMC) are: Michelle FosterDr Michelle Foster is a Senior Lecturer and Director of the International Refugee Law Research Programme in the Institute for International Law and the Humanities. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of public law, international refugee law, and international human rights law. Michelle holds a BComm (Honors) and LLB from the University of New South Wales and an LLM and SJD from the University of Michigan Law School, where she was a Michigan Grotius Fellow.Contact Michelle Foster. Anthony NorthMr. North is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia. The Federal Court is a superior court of record which exercises both first instance and appellate jurisdiction. A large part of the Court's work is reviewing administrative decisions, particularly decisions of the Refugee Review Tribunal determining Australia's protection obligations to applicants for refugee status.Contact Anthony North. Australia's Most Recent DecisionThe most recent decision added to the Australia site is AZAAR v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, a decision rendered in Australia by the Federal Court on Wednesday, August 19, 2009, involving an applicant from Vanuatu. A brief summary of the facts of the case is: A woman from Vanuatu feared further violence from her husband because such acts are supported by cultural norms.Search for more cases from this National Site. |
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