Case Law

12 March 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Benefit of the doubt - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Laws relating to religion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: New Zealand - Pakistan

3 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Shia - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5 April 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

16 December 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evangelical - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: Canada - Pakistan

16 December 2005 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evangelical - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: Canada - Pakistan

Petition for review granted on grounds that no evidence suggested that the applicant and his family could relocate safely in another part of the country.

3 December 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

Heard on 29 March 2004.

10 June 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

15 August 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This determination was superseded by IA and Others (Ahmadis: Rabwah) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2007] UKAIT 00088, on 23 October 2007.

10 December 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | 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) - Right to family life | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

26 September 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland