Case Law

2 August 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Death penalty - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Illegitimate children - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1 August 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - State protection - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

3 April 2007 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Australia - Nepal

15 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Prosecution vs persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3 August 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Shia - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

30 September 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals.

1 July 2004 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Transgression of social / cultural norms - Well-founded fear of persecution - Yoruba | Countries: Nigeria - United States of America

10 October 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to family life - Transgression of social / cultural norms - Women-at-risk | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

28 November 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Forced marriage - Gender discrimination - Social group persecution - State protection - Transgression of social / cultural norms - Women-at-risk | Countries: Turkey - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland