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Case law </h1> <div class="intro-text"> <div class="field field--name-field-description field--type-string-long field--label-hidden field__item">Refworld contains a unique case law collection, covering more than 60 national jurisdictions, and a vast amount of international judgments and decisions from international and regional courts and tribunals as well as the United Nations.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="node_media clearfix col-lg-8"> <div class="field field--name-field-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__item"><div class="media media--type-image media--view-mode-standard-08"> <div class="blazy blazy--field blazy--field-media-image blazy--field-media-image--standard-08 field field--name-field-media-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item" data-blazy=""> <div data-b-token="b-9671a8751b5" class="media media--blazy media--image media--responsive is-b-loading"> <picture> <source srcset="about:blank" media="all and (min-width: 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It is not an exhaustive repository of all national and international jurisprudence but cases are selected based on their significance in the sense that they state a novel proposition of law; articulate existing legal principles in an especially persuasive or clear manner; or apply existing legal principles to new or unusual factual circumstances. Decisions in which UNHCR intervened are also included in this collection with a link to the court intervention where available. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:ProximaNova, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">It also re-publishes jurisprudence that may assist in the assessment of claims for international protection. It is therefore important to note here that UNHCR does not necessarily endorse any, or part, of the re-published information made available on Refworld. </span></p><p><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);color:rgb(0, 0, 0);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:ProximaNova, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", "Liberation Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji";font-size:18px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;orphans:2;text-align:left;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">Where possible, case law summaries are provided to give a content indication of a decision. This is provided on a voluntary basis for informative and accessibility purposes only and any reference should be made to the original text of the decision itself. </span></p><p> </p></div> </details> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--type-varbase-accordion-paragraph paragraph--view-mode-default ds-1col clearfix"> <details > <summary > <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Case law</div> <div class="accordion-caret"> </div> </summary> <div class="field--name-field-description"><p>Case Law includes national, regional and international jurisprudential decisions. Administrative bodies and tribunals are included. This type also includes views and decisions on individual complaints issued by the UN human rights treaty bodies.</p><p><strong>See all</strong><a href="https://www.refworld.org/search?ss_document_type_name[]=Case%20Law&sort=score&order=desc"><strong> Case Law</strong></a></p></div> </details> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--type-varbase-accordion-paragraph paragraph--view-mode-default ds-1col clearfix"> <details > <summary > <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae</div> <div class="accordion-caret"> </div> </summary> <div class="field--name-field-description"><p>Interventions before courts by UNHCR and other organizations are an important tool through which protection standards can be developed and a consistent application of refugee law fostered. Interventions before courts may take different forms, depending on the national or supranational context, including formal amicus curiae briefs, advisory opinions or letters to the court or parties involved, as well as public statements. Interventions by UNHCR are carried out in the exercise of its supervisory function.</p><p><strong>See all </strong><a href="https://www.refworld.org/search?order=desc&sort=score&ss_document_type_name[]=Court%20Interventions%20/%20Amicus%20Curiae"><strong>Court Interventions</strong></a></p></div> </details> </div> </div> <div class="field__item"><div class="paragraph paragraph--type-varbase-accordion-paragraph paragraph--view-mode-default ds-1col clearfix"> <details > <summary > <div class="field field--name-field-title field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">Case Law Compilations</div> <div class="accordion-caret"> </div> </summary> <div class="field--name-field-description"><p>Compilations that contains decisions from courts and/or tribunals relating to a certain theme or topic or annual compilations, as well as compilations that analyse decisions made by courts and tribunals.</p><p><strong>See all </strong><a 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