Case Law

7 June 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): EU Qualification Directive - Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions | Countries: Belgium

18 May 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - IDP camps - Internal armed conflict - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

27 April 2012 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): EU Qualification Directive - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Netherlands

Heard at Field House on 13 to 21 June and 15 July 2011.

25 November 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - EU Qualification Directive - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

17 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Germany: Bundesverwaltungsgericht | Countries: Germany - Iraq

20 October 2011 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - EU Qualification Directive - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Belgium - The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

18 October 2011 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Countries: Bulgaria

28 June 2011 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal armed conflict - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - International protection - Rejected asylum-seekers - Returnees - Security situation | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales: [2010] EWCA Civ 696.

25 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - EU Qualification Directive - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at: Field House on 4 April 2011.

19 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Extended definition - Internal armed conflict - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland