RE KARTINI

[2025] HKCA 699 Court of Appeal 4 August 2025 • CACV91/2025 • 17 min read
10 cases cited (0 HK, 10 foreign) Cited by 4 cases

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Case Significance

Re Kartini [2025] HKCA 699 was heard by the Court of Appeal on 4 August 2025, in a matter engaging section 8 of the Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance and the Immigration Ordinance. The Court of Appeal proceedings followed the Court of First Instance decision in Kartini v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 627.

The matter continued in a further Court of Appeal hearing, Re Kartini [2025] HKCA 1047, and was subsequently referred to in other non-refoulement judicial review applications, including Mangar Rekha v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office and Another [2025] HKCFI 3918, Rakesh Kumar v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 5326, and Dilbag Singh v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office and Another [2026] HKCFI 1618.

Summary

Kartini, an Indonesian national, appealed against the refusal of leave to judicially review the Torture Claims Appeal Board's dismissal of her non-refoulement claim. The Court upheld the finding that the Board had properly considered all the grounds and assessed the risk of harm. The appeal was dismissed.

What preceded the Court of Appeal hearing in Re Kartini [2025] HKCA 699?

The Court of Appeal proceedings in Re Kartini [2025] HKCA 699 followed the Court of First Instance decision in Kartini v. Torture Claims Appeal Board / Non-refoulement Claims Petition Office [2025] HKCFI 627.

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Cases Cited (10)

HK (10)
(2004) 7 HKCFAR 187 [2018] HKCA 14 [2018] HKCA 15 [2018] HKCA 17 [2018] HKCA 37 [2018] HKCA 524 [2018] HKCA 549 [2019] HKCA 1022 [2019] HKCA 1264 [2025] HKCFI 627

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