Case Law

1 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage | Countries: Belgium - Guinea

12 October 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Family reunification - Forced marriage - Immigration law - Right to family life | Countries: Chile - Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

14 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Uganda

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.

25 January 2011 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Countries: Czech Republic - Kyrgyzstan

13 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Immigration Detention - Prison or detention conditions - Prosecution vs persecution - Refugees | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of

Heard at Procession House on 16 and 17 October, 24 November 2008; and 7 and 8 May, 9 June, 18 August 2009.

7 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Customary law - Domestic violence - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender discrimination - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - SGBV - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for judicial review.

19 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Forced marriage - Fresh / New claim - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 January 2010 | Judicial Body: Ireland: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - Effective remedy - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Non-refoulement - Rejected asylum-seekers - Yoruba | Countries: Ireland - Nigeria

26 October 2009 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Combatants / Former combatants - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Forced marriage - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - War crimes | Countries: Sierra Leone

Heard at Field House on 24, 25 and 26 September 2008, and 26 November 2008.

9 September 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - SGBV - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland