Case Law

19 February 2015 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Belgium - Guinea

25 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Rohingya (Arakanese) | Countries: Ireland

21 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment | Countries: Afghanistan - Canada

20 March 2012 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Canada - El Salvador

18 August 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

On Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Agency No. A078-668-359. Petition Denied.

3 May 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: India - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

17 September 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: High Court | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Credibility assessment - Jurisdiction - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Romania

12 March 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Ahmadis - Benefit of the doubt - Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Laws relating to religion - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: New Zealand - Pakistan

7 March 2007 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Housing, land and property rights (HLP) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Right to education - Right to employment - Right to health - Roma - Witnesses | Countries: New Zealand - Slovakia

The case summary in English has been prepared in the framework of the Knowledge-Based Harmonisation of European Asylum Practices Project (2010-2012), co-financed by the European Refugee Fund.

24 February 2004 | Judicial Body: Czech Republic: Supreme Administrative Court | Countries: Czech Republic - Iran, Islamic Republic of