Adjudication of asylum claims (refugee status determination / asylum procedures) / Non-state agents of persecution

Heard at Field House on 28 October 2008.

5 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

9 September 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Shia | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s129T of the Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

12 August 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution of family members - Security situation - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/033808/2006).

6 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal against a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tajik | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Applications for permission to appeal against the Country Guidance decision of the AIT in PM & Others (Kabul - Hizb-i-Islami) Afghanistan CG [2007] UKAIT 00089.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This is an abridged version of the decision. Some particulars have been removed from or summarised in the decision pursuant to s129T of the Immigration Act 1987. Where this has occurred, it is indicated by square brackets.

3 July 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

28 May 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Shia - Social group persecution - Tajik - Women-at-risk | Countries: Afghanistan - New Zealand

25 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Hazara - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia

5 September 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Changes of circumstances in home country - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Pashtun - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland