Case Law

13 July 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Baganda - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Australia - Uganda

Application for judicial review.

7 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Torture - War crimes | Countries: Canada - Uganda

Application for judicial review.

28 October 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - 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) | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

16 June 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Statelessness - Statelessness - Sur place persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Uganda - United Arab Emirates

This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the ECHR. It may be subject to editorial revision.

8 April 2008 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Deportation / Forcible return - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Right to family life | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 March 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petitions for review of the decision of the Board of Immigration Appeals ordering the Applicant's deportation after denying his application for asylum, application for withholding of removal under the Immigration and Nationality Act and request for withholding of removal under Article 3 of the United Nations Convention Against Torture.

14 May 2003 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Uganda - United States of America