Case Law

8 July 2015 | Judicial Body: Netherlands, The: Council of State (Raad van State) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Afghanistan - Gambia - Netherlands - Uganda

7 November 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Netherlands - Senegal - Sierra Leone - Uganda

11 July 2013 | Judicial Body: European Union: Court of Justice of the European Union | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prosecution vs persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Netherlands - Senegal - Sierra Leone - Uganda

25 July 2012 | Judicial Body: Poland: Refugee Board | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group persecution | Countries: Poland - Uganda

14 April 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Country of origin information (COI) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution | Countries: Australia - Uganda

Application for judicial review.

24 February 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Deportation / Forcible return - Immigration Detention - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution | Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: JM (Homosexuality: Risk) Uganda CG [2008] UKIAT 00065 .

18 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Criminal justice - EU Qualification Directive - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to family life - Social group persecution | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

18 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Effective protection - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Uganda

Submitted: 20 October 2006; Filed: 21 March 2007. Olivia Nabulwala challenges the final order of the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) denying her claim for asylum, withholding of removal, and relief under the Convention Against Torture. Having jurisdiction under 8 U.S.C. § 1252(a)(2)(D), this court grants the petition and remands.

21 March 2007 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit | Topic(s): Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Uganda - United States of America

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