Burden / standard of proof / Credibility assessment

4 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

11 July 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Refugee identity documents - Travel documents | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 June 2017 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Expulsion - Forced labour - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Eritrea - Switzerland

On appeal from [2014] UKAITUR AA048112013 (3 December 2014)

17 May 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1950 European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Mentally disadvantaged persons - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

13 March 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

13 March 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The Council of State handed down four judgments on 15 November 2016 regarding the intensity of judicial review with regards to the credibility assessment done by the administration.

15 November 2016 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 2013 Recast Asylum Procedures Directive (EU) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Effective remedy | Countries: Netherlands

3 October 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest - Refugee / Asylum law - Social group discrimination | Countries: Australia - Egypt

20 September 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Christian - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion | Countries: Australia - Egypt

15 August 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group discrimination | Countries: Australia - Lebanon