Case Law

Heard at Field House on 12 February, 3 and 9 September 2008.

9 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - National security / Public order - Refoulement - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: Negusie v. Gonzales, Attorney General, 15 May 2007.

3 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United States Supreme Court | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Agents of persecution - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

25 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Jurisdiction | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AS/00266/2007).

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure - Visas | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

13 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Refugees - Safe third country | Countries:

Application for judicial review. Subsequently appeal before the Court of Appeal a href="?docid=4c1f856d2&page=search"> [2010] EWCA Civ 643.

19 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - Non-refoulement - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review. The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Court of Appeal: R (on the applications of ZO (Somalia) and MM (Burma)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department; R (on the application of DT (Eritrea)) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2009] EWCA Civ 442.

11 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Asylum-seekers - Right to employment | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

4 December 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Rejected asylum-seekers - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No AA/11128/2005).

27 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

26 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Returnees - Women-at-risk | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland