Medical and health / Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (HR/01258/2004).

6 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

28 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

10 September 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Mental health - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Right to family life | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Admissibility decision.

2 September 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Mental health - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Sri Lanka - Sweden

Heard at Field House on 28 May 2008.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Asylum policy - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Police - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

15 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Expedited procedures - HIV and AIDS - Immigration Detention - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Burundi - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review. Subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: KH (Afghanistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 1354.

3 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Mental health - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

24 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

Application for judicial review. The Court of Appeal (England and Wales) allowed a subsequent appeal: R (on the application of AM (Somalia)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 114.

13 June 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Safe third country | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka