| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-05-22T09:21:47Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-05-22T09:21:47Z | |
| dc.identifier.citation | [2018] ZACC 52 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 2019 (3) BCLR 383 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.citation | 2019 (2) SA 329 (CC) | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12144/34618 | |
| dc.title | Ruta v Minister of Home Affairs | en_US |
| dc.identifier.casenumber | CCT02/18 | |
| dc.date.hearing | 1 November 2018 | |
| dc.contributor.judge | Cameron, J | |
| dc.date.judgment | 20 December 2018 | |
| dc.link.judgment | https://collections.concourt.org.za/bitstream/handle/20.500.12144/34618/Full%20judgment%20Official%20version%2020%20December%202018.pdf?sequence=34&isAllowed=y | |
| dc.concourt.synopsis | asylum seeker applications — effect of delay — relevance of criminal record in South Africa — overriding principle of non-refoulement delay does not impede right to asylum — only the Refugee Status Determination Officer is authorised to consider application merits — Immigration Act must be read in harmony with the Refugees Act and international law | |
| dc.concourt.casehistory | Application for leave to appeal against a judgment of the SCA: Minister of Home Affairs v Ruta (30/2017) [2017] ZASCA 186; [2018] 1 All SA 682 (SCA); 2018 (2) SA 450 (SCA) (13 December 2017). The case was previously heard in the Pretoria High Court: Ruta v Minister of Home Affairs and Others (79430/16) [2016] ZAGPPHC 1252 (23 November 2016). |