Case Law

22 February 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Effective protection - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - 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 - Persecution based on political opinion - State protection | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for judicial review.

18 April 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Domestic violence - Drug trafficking - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Jamaica

Application for judicial review.

18 April 2006 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Criminal justice - Domestic violence - Drug trafficking - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Jamaica

28 November 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1 March 2005 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Decision on admissibility | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date of Hearing: 6 September 2004; Date Signed: 1 December 2004.

6 January 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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

1 July 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Freedom of expression - Freedom of speech - Human rights and fundamental freedoms - Persecution based on political opinion - Visas | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Date of hearing: 22 March 2004; Date determination notified: 30 April 2004.

30 April 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): HIV and AIDS - Human rights and fundamental freedoms | Countries: Jamaica - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Submitted: March 14, 2003; Filed: August 26, 2003. Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

26 August 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Mental health - Social group persecution | Countries: Jamaica - United States of America