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UNHCR intervention before the Court of Appeal of England and Wales in the case of QD (Iraq) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 31 May 2009 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
ICJ and others intervention before the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Al-Saadoon and Mufhdi v. the United Kingdom 20 April 2009 \| Publisher: International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) \| Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
MH (Syria) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; DS (Afghanistan) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/06912/2006 and AA/07062/2007). 24 March 2009 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Anti-terrorism law - Crimes against humanity - Crimes against peace - Criminal justice - Exclusion clauses - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Tajik - Terrorism \| Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
GS (Existence of Internal Armed Conflict) Afghanistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Subsequently superseded by GS (Article 15(c): Indiscriminate Violence) Afghanistan CG [2009] UKAIT 00044. 23 February 2009 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions \| Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
BE (Iran) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. 20 May 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Crimes against humanity - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - International protection - Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations - War crimes \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
KH (Article 15(c) Qualification Directive) Iraq v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 28 January - 1 February 2008. 25 March 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Arabs - Complementary forms of protection - Conflict situation - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Gender-based persecution - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Kurd - Racial / Ethnic persecution \| Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
HH & Others (Mogadishu: Armed Conflict: Risk) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 19 to 22 November 2007. This determination supersedes FK (Shekal Ghandershe) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2004] UKIAT 00127 and AA (Risk Geledi - Benadiri Clan) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] UKIAT 05720. This determination was superseded by AM & AM (Armed Conflict: Risk Categories) Somalia CG [2008] UKAIT 00091. 28 January 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
BE (Disobedience to Orders - Landmines) Iran v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 12 March 2007 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Document type: Case Law \| Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - War crimes \| Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Still at Risk: Diplomatic Assurances No Safeguard Against Torture 15 April 2005 \| Publisher: Human Rights Watch \| Document type: Country Reports
Great Britain: Follow-up to GBR33233.E of 26 November 1999 on whether Britain accepts refugee claims based on sexual orientation under the "membership in a particular group" ground of the 1951 Geneva Convention 27 March 2000 \| Publisher: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada \| Document type: Query Responses

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