Case Law

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (

24 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Credibility assessment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

2 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Combatants / Former combatants - Exclusion clauses - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: HX/00528/2005).

24 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - SGBV | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AS/00266/2007).

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure - Visas | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from a decition by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. AA/01073/2007).

26 August 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Christian - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for permission to appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. AA/10081/2007).

30 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/08938/2006, AA 00137-05 and AA/05941/2006).

17 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

20 May 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Crimes against humanity - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - International protection - Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations - War crimes | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

6 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Kurd - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Hearing dates: 20-21 March 2007. This judgment was subsequently reversed by the House of Lords on 14 November 2007: [2007] UKHL 49.

4 April 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee camps | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland