Case Law

The Trial Judgment was issued on 2 August 2007 and the Appeal Judgment, on 28 May 2008.

9 October 2007 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Children-at-risk - Criminal justice - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - War crimes | Countries: Sierra Leone

The Sentencing Judgment was issued on 9 October 2007 and the Appeal Judgment, on 28 May 2008.

2 August 2007 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Children-at-risk - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - War crimes | Countries: Sierra Leone

The Trial Judgment was issued on 20 June 2007 and the Appeal Judgment, on 22 February 2008.

19 July 2007 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Children-at-risk - Crimes against humanity - Criminal justice - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Sierra Leone

The Sentencing Judgment was issued on 19 July 2007 and the Appeal Judgment, on 22 February 2008.

20 June 2007 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Children-at-risk - Crimes against humanity - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription | Countries: Sierra Leone

31 May 2004 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Child soldiers - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - Jurisdiction - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - War crimes | Countries: Sierra Leone

Petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ordering the Applicant's deportation after denying his application for asylum, application for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act and request for withholding of removal under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

14 May 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Uganda - United States of America

19 March 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Abduction - Changes of circumstances in home country - Child soldiers - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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31 July 1995 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Standard of proof - Tamil | Countries: New Zealand - Sri Lanka