Case Law

23 April 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Single heads of household | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 April 2012 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Court | Topic(s): Hazara - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Shia | Countries: Afghanistan - Australia

20 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Canada - El Salvador

16 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Countries: Ghana - Italy

1 February 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Freedom of conscience - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - Mexico

8 January 2012 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - State protection | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe

21 December 2011 | Judicial Body: Switzerland: Tribunal administratif fédéral | Topic(s): Arabs - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Iraq - Switzerland

Court granted review of BIA's denial of application (based on availability of IFA) that if returned to Senegal, it is more likely than not that she will be beaten or killed for attempting to protect her U.S. citizen daughter from being subjected to FGM.

8 December 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Senegal - United States of America

Heard at Field House on 13 to 21 June and 15 July 2011.

25 November 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - EU Qualification Directive - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

23 November 2011 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Domestic violence - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Canada - Nigeria