Burden / standard of proof / Country of origin information (COI)

14 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Australia - Bangladesh

4 May 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - State protection - Tamil | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

14 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Uganda

13 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Impunity - Persecution based on political opinion - Police - Political parties | Countries: Australia - Zimbabwe

12 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Catholic - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection | Countries: Pakistan

12 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Australia - Ethiopia

Heard at Procession House on 15 and 16 December 2009, and at Field House on 22 and 23 February 2010. Closing submissions received on 10 June 2010.

11 April 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Jurisdiction - Palestinian - Passports - Persecution based on nationality - Statelessness - Statelessness - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Democracy - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Australia - China

1 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Abduction - Arbitrary arrest and detention - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Safe third country | Countries: Australia - Sri Lanka

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.

18 March 2011 | Judicial Body: Bulgaria: Supreme Administrative Court | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Bulgaria - Iran, Islamic Republic of