Case Law

Heard at Field House on 24, 25 and 26 September 2008, and 26 November 2008.

9 September 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Forced marriage - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Mental health - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

4 August 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Christian - Domestic violence - Forced marriage - Muslim - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Australia - Indonesia

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

15 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Forced marriage - HIV and AIDS - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Social group persecution | Countries: Ireland

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.

6 July 2009 | Judicial Body: France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile | Countries: France - Guinea

Mentionné dans les tables du recueil Lebon

3 July 2009 | Judicial Body: France: Conseil d'Etat | Topic(s): Forced marriage - Kurd - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: France - Turkey

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: AA/13645/2006).

17 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Forced marriage - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Guinea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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.

11 May 2009 | Judicial Body: Spain: Tribunal Supremo | Countries: Nigeria - Spain

The Sentencing Judgment was issued on 8 April 2009.

2 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Special Court for Sierra Leone | Topic(s): Child soldiers - Combatants / Former combatants - Crimes against humanity - Forced marriage - Internal armed conflict - International courts and tribunals - International criminal law - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - War crimes | Countries: Sierra Leone

Application for judicial review.

22 January 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Credibility assessment - Deportation / Forcible return - Domestic violence - Forced marriage - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - Ghana

1 December 2008 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Domestic violence - Forced marriage - Gender discrimination - Issaq - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Single heads of household - Social group persecution - State protection | Countries: New Zealand