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

12 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to education - Right to employment | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

8 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Effective protection - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

Heard at Field House on 15 November and 19 December 2007. The Court of Appeal affirmed, subsequently, the "country guidance" status of the determination: Secretary of State for the Home Department v. IA (Pakistan) [2008] EWCA Civ 580.

4 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Freedom of religion - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to apply for judicial review.

2 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

25 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | 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 - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

7 February 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Constitutional law - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

11 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Security situation | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

6 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court of Appeal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - State protection | Countries: Canada - Pakistan

On Petition for review of an Order by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

1 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

This determination supersedes the following Country Guidance cases:
- MM (Ahmadi - Internal Relocation) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 05714; and
- AZ (Risk - Ahmadi) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 02642.

23 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - 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 - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland