Case Law

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: MJ and ZM (Ahmadis - Risk) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2008] UKAIT 00033.

22 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 May 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to education - Right to employment | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

Heard at Field House on 15 November and 19 December 2007. The Court of Appeal affirmed, subsequently, the "country guidance" status of the determination: Secretary of State for the Home Department v. IA (Pakistan) [2008] EWCA Civ 580.

4 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Freedom of religion - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

25 March 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

7 February 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Constitutional law - Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

11 January 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Security situation | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

Application for judicial review.

21 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - State protection | Countries: Canada - Pakistan

Application for judicial review.

21 December 2007 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Deportation / Forcible return - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - State protection | Countries: Canada - Pakistan

This determination supersedes the following Country Guidance cases:
- MM (Ahmadi - Internal Relocation) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 05714; and
- AZ (Risk - Ahmadi) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 02642.

23 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 September 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Australia - Pakistan