Case Law

3 June 2010 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Abduction - Armed forces / Military - Chechen - Disappeared persons - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Russian Federation

15 April 2010 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Viet Nam

Forty-third session.

10 December 2009 | Judicial Body: UN Committee Against Torture (CAT) | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Complementary forms of protection - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Crimes against humanity - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - Exhaustion of domestic remedies - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-refoulement - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Canada - Iraq

Heard at Birmingham, 10 June 2008 and Field House, 23 January 2009. NH (Iraq-Yazidis) Iraq CG [2004] UKIAT 00306 is no longer to be followed.

2 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Right to life - Security situation - War crimes - Yazīdī | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (

24 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Credibility assessment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Demande de contrôle judiciaire.

20 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

20 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: Canada - United States of America

Application for judicial review.

27 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Canada - Russian Federation

Admissibility application.

16 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Russian Federation - Sweden

Application for judicial review.

8 June 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Canada - United States of America