Case Law

31 January 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Gender-based persecution - Single heads of household - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

The guidance set out in PO (trafficked women) Nigeria [2009] UKAIT 00046 at paragraphs 191-192 should no longer be followed.

17 October 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

29 February 2016 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Mental harm - Persecution based on political opinion - Physical harm - Political groups - Political parties - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Cambodia

23 February 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Topic(s): Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Albania - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

21 January 2016 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking - Trafficking in persons - Women-at-risk | Countries: Greece - Nigeria

8 November 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Jurisdiction - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Returnees - Single heads of household - Social group discrimination - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Malaysia - Zimbabwe

24 October 2015 | Judicial Body: Australia: Administrative Appeals Tribunal | Topic(s): Domestic violence - Gender discrimination - Gender-based persecution - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Sexual and reproductive rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Turkey

23 September 2015 | Judicial Body: Belgium: Conseil du Contentieux des Etrangers | Topic(s): Burden-sharing and international co-operation - Regional instruments - Women-at-risk | Countries: Belgium - Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Italy

29 April 2015 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Immigration and Protection Tribunal | Topic(s): 1951 Refugee Convention - Convention against Torture (CAT) - Freedom of religion - Generalized violence - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) - Minority rights - Religious discrimination - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Social group persecution - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: New Zealand - Pakistan