Case Law

7 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Credibility assessment - Freedom of religion - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Shia - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Sunni | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

16 September 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni - Transgression of social / cultural norms | Countries: Australia - Pakistan

On Petition for review of an Order by the Board of Immigration Appeals.

1 November 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United States of America

15 February 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | 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 - Prosecution vs persecution - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5 April 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Effective protection - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sunni | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland