Case Law

27 November 2012 | Judicial Body: Italy: Court of Appeal (Corte d’Appello) | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Gender discrimination - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Italy - Nigeria

Remanded to determine whether respondent could avoid future persecution by relocating to another part of the country and whether, under all the circumstances, it would be reasonable to expect him to do so.

4 October 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

25 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Rohingya (Arakanese) | Countries: Ireland

18 August 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

Heard at North Shields on 6 May 2011.

20 July 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Drug trafficking - Exclusion clauses - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted and case remanded for additional proceedings.

4 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Jehovah's Witness - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Armenia - United States of America

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.

27 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Countries: Italy - Turkey

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.

10 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Bulgaria - Iraq

Summary Order. Petition for Review of a Board of Immigration Appeals decision.

30 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Resettlement | Countries: United States of America

The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2010] UKSC 49.

23 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Illegal entry - Non-refoulement - Security situation | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland