Case Law

Applications for judicial review.

10 February 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Eritrea

On appeal from the High Court of Justice, Queen's Bench Division.

12 October 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the High Court [2008] EWHC 3162 (Admin).

9 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Expulsion - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Refugees | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On Petition for Review from the Board of Immigration Appeals.

4 June 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Convention against Torture (CAT) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Jehovah's Witness - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: United States of America

Petition for Review of a Decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

18 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

22 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Eritreans - Immigration Detention - Jehovah's Witness - Multiple nationality - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

18 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Safe third country - Single procedure - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Eritrea

On appeal from the Queen's Bench Division, Administrative Court: R (on the application of Rabah, Woldemichael and Saadah) v. Secretary of State for the Home Department,[2009] EWHC 1044 (Admin).

4 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Rejected asylum-seekers - Temporary admission | Countries: Eritrea - Ethiopia - Palestine, State of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

Application for judicial review.

18 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to family life - Safe third country - Single procedure | Countries: Eritrea