Case Law

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (CC/17533/00). The Court of Appeal held that the guidelines in Devaseelan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] UKIAT 00702 were relevant to cases where the parties involved were not the same but there was a material overlap of evidence.

5 October 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Colombia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 May 2006 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Constitucional | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Constitutional law - Criminal justice | Countries: Colombia

31 January 2006 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Children's rights - Children-at-risk - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gross, systematic and large-scale - Right to liberty and security - Right to life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Colombia

11 March 2003 | Judicial Body: Colombia: Corte Suprema de Justicia | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Pre-trial detention - Terrorism | Countries: Colombia