Case Law

19 June 2014 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom of expression - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Application for review of two decisions of the Immigration and Refugee Board. Review granted on basis the Board's finding was unreasonable as it lacked due regard to Uganda’s decision to grant refugee status to the applicants and irrelevant and credibility findings were found for one applicant.

29 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Countries: Canada - Eritrea

Heard at Field House on 25 February 2011.

27 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

18 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (

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

Application for judicial review.

19 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: 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

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

20 November 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Evangelical - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Freedom of movement - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Eritrea

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. AA/10081/2007).

30 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland