Case Law

Heard at Field House on 15 November and 19 December 2007. The Court of Appeal affirmed, subsequently, the "country guidance" status of the determination: Secretary of State for the Home Department v. IA (Pakistan) [2008] EWCA Civ 580.

4 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Freedom of religion - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Prosecution vs persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This determination supersedes the following Country Guidance cases:
- MM (Ahmadi - Internal Relocation) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 05714; and
- AZ (Risk - Ahmadi) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 02642.

23 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - 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This determination was superseded by IA and Others (Ahmadis: Rabwah) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2007] UKAIT 00088, on 23 October 2007.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

28 June 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gross, systematic and large-scale - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prison or detention conditions - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland