Islamic Republic of Iran

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: HJ (Homosexuality: Reasonably Tolerating Living Discreetly) Iran [2008] UKAIT 00044. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2010] UKSC 31.

10 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/02579/2007).

26 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to family life | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/00377/2007).

31 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Death penalty - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Field House on 25 February 2008. Decision following remittal for reconsideration by the Court of Appeal: J v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2006] EWCA Civ 1238. The decision was further appealed before the Court of Appeal: HJ (Iran) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; HT (Cameroon) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 172.

10 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application pursuant to s129L of the Immigration Act 1987 to cease to recognise a person as a refugee.

30 April 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Christian - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

21 December 2006 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal. The Asylum and Immigration Tribunal subsequently redetermined the case: HJ (Homosexuality: Reasonably Tolerating Living Discreetly) Iran v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2008] UKAIT 00044.

26 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Taylor House on 19 May 2005 and 22 July 2005.

4 August 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Manchester on 13 July 2005.

27 July 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Appeal against the decision of a refugee status officer given on 9 May 2003 declining the grant of refugee status to the appellant, a twenty-five-year-old citizen of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

7 July 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand