EV & Ors v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal & Ors (Approved)

THE INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION APPEALS TRIBUNAL, THE MINISTER FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY, IRELAND and THE ATTORNEY GENERAL

1.������ The Applicants seek leave to apply by way of Judicial Review for the following principal reliefs:-

a)������ An Order of Certiorari of the decision of the First Respondent dated 29 June 2020, made under Section 46(3)(a) of the International Protection Act 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the �Act of 2015�) refusing to grant the Applicants either refugee or subsidiary protection declarations;

b)����� A Declaration that ss.33 and 72 of the Act of 2015 combined are void as ultra vires and/or incompatible with Ireland�s obligations under Council Directive 2005/85/EU of 1 December 2005 (hereinafter referred to as �the Procedures Directive�) and/or the Common European Asylum System;

c)������ A Declaration that the Second Respondent erred, contrary to s.72 of the Act of 2015, in the designation of South Africa as a safe country of origin.