Case Law

Case Law includes national and international jurisprudential decisions. Administrative bodies and tribunals are included.

Afghanistan 33
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China 16
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Iran, Islamic Republic of 30
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Palestine, State of 7
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Sri Lanka 30
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Syrian Arab Republic 4
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Turkey 23
Uganda 6
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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 790
Uzbekistan 1
Viet Nam 2
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Abduction 4
Access to procedures 1
Acholi 1
Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations 1
Acts of persecution 2
Administrative courts 1
Agents of persecution 4
Ahmadis 6
Airports 14
Appeal / Right to appeal 31
Arabs 2
Arbitrary arrest and detention 34
Armed forces / Military 2
Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 4
Armenian 1
Arrival 11
Ashkaelian 2
Ashraf 2
Asylum policy 4
Asylum-seekers 1
Azeri 1
Baha'i 1
Bantu 1
Bedoon 3
Benadiri 2
Bihari 2
Blood feuds 1
Burden of proof 16
Cabinda 1
Catholic 3
Ceasefire 9
Cessation clauses 7
Changes of circumstances in home country 20
Chechen 7
Child soldiers 1
Children-at-risk 1
Christian 17
Citizenship / Nationality law 1
Combatants / Former combatants 4
Complementary forms of protection 16
Conflict situation 3
Contemporary forms of slavery 1
Convention refugee 2
Corruption 1
Country of origin information (COI) 243
Coup d'état 1
Credibility assessment 68
Crimes against humanity 2
Criminal justice 22
Darfuri 1
Death penalty 2
Decision on admissibility 1
Demobilization / Disarmament 1
Denial of refugee status 11
Deportation / Forcible return 93
Diplomatic assurances 2
Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 11
Domestic violence 6
Drug trafficking 1
EU Qualification Directive 7
Effective protection 36
Elections 1
Equality before the law 1
Evangelical 2
Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 134
Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 7
Exclusion clauses 6
Exhaustion of domestic remedies 3
Expulsion 1
Extradition 1
Falun Gong 2
Family law 2
Family reunification 12
Female genital mutilation (FGM) 9
Forced labour 2
Forced marriage 4
Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 121
Freedom of expression 2
Freedom of religion 3
Freedom of speech 2
Gender discrimination 3
Gender-based persecution 2
Gross, systematic and large-scale 2
Grounds for persecution 7
HIV and AIDS 4
Habeas corpus 1
Habitual residence 2
Harmful traditional practices 3
Hazara 1
Hema 1
Hindu 3
Honour killings 2
Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 2
Human rights activists 3
Human rights and fundamental freedoms 6
IDP camps 5
Illegal entry 8
Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 1
Illegitimate children 1
Immigration Detention 2
Immigration control after entry 1
Immigration law 1
Independence of judiciary 1
Internal armed conflict 3
Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 105
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 3
International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 5
International protection 1
Involuntary repatriation 28
Ismaili 1
Jew 3
Kashmiris 1
Kikuyu 1
Kosovar 4
Kurd 25
Lari 1
Legal representation / Legal aid 1
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 17
Madhiban 3
Mandate status 1
Maternal and child health care 1
Mental health 19
Mentally disadvantaged persons 1
Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 34
Minorities 1
Multiple nationality 1
Muslim 5
National security / Public order 1
Naturalization 1
Non-refoulement 1
Non-state agents of persecution 59
Opposition 1
Orthodox Christian 2
Palestinian 7
Pashtun 2
Passports 7
Peace agreements 1
Peacekeeping 1
Pentecostal 1
Persecution based on nationality 1
Persecution based on political opinion 153
Persecution of family members 4
Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 17
Persons with disabilities 1
Police 1
Political asylum 21
Political groups 1
Political parties 3
Political situation 1
Polygamy 1
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 8
Pre-entry procedures 9
Pre-trial detention 1
Prison or detention conditions 26
Proof of nationality 6
Prosecution vs persecution 18
Prostitution / Commercial sex work 5
Protection of camps 1
Public health 13
Racial / Ethnic persecution 73
Reception 1
Refoulement 2
Refugee camps 5
Refugee identity documents 1
Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 10
Refugee travel documents / CTDs 2
Refugees 4
Refugees sur place 3
Rejected asylum-seekers 22
Religious discrimination 2
Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 42
Residence permits / Residency 14
Returnees 6
Right to a nationality 1
Right to education 1
Right to family life 43
Right to justice 4
Right to liberty and security 1
Right to life 4
Rights of non-citizens 1
Roma 6
Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 1
Rwandans 1
Safe country of origin 1
Safe third country 7
Security forces 2
Security situation 5
Serb 3
Serious non-political crime 1
Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) 7
Sexual and reproductive rights 2
Sheikhal 1
Shia 1
Sikh 6
Single heads of household 4
Single procedure 1
Social group discrimination 5
Social group persecution 41
Standard of proof 13
State protection 22
Statelessness 12
Sur place persecution 11
Suspensive effect 1
Tajik 1
Tamil 14
Temporary admission 1
Terrorism 7
Tibetan 2
Trafficking in persons 8
Transgression of social / cultural norms 3
Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
Travel documents 7
Treaties / Agreements / Charters / Protocols / Conventions / Declarations 1
Tutsis 3
Unaccompanied / Separated children 1
Unlawful departure 17
Visas 36
War crimes 3
Well-founded fear of persecution 16
Withdrawal of nationality 1
Witnesses 5
Women's rights 1
Women-at-risk 33
Work permits 5
Yazīdī 1
Yibir 1

1951 Refugee Convention 1

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VW and MO (Article 8 - Insurmountable Obstacles) Uganda v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 15 January 2008. 14 March 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Pre-entry procedures - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life \| Countries: Uganda - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
EG (Post-Hearing Internet Research) Nigeria v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 29 January 2008. 26 February 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) \| Countries: Nigeria - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MM and FH (Stateless Palestinians - KK, IH, HE reaffirmed) Lebanon v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House, on 29 June 2007. 25 February 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity - Palestinian - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Refugee camps - Statelessness \| Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
PK (EEA Regs: Jia) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 15 January 2008. 21 February 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Residence permits / Residency - Right to family life \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
RS and SS (Exclusion of Appellant from Hearing) Pakistan v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 18 December 2007. 20 February 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Witnesses \| Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
GK (Long Residence - Immigration History) Lebanon v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 8 January 2008. 16 February 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Asylum-seekers - Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) - Residence permits / Residency \| Countries: Lebanon - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
RT (Medical Reports - Causation of Scarring) Sri Lanka v. Secretary of State for the Home Department 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. 7 February 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Persecution based on political opinion - Tamil \| Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
MK (Family Reunion Policy: Scope) Somalia v. Entry Clearance Officer - Addis Ababa Heard at Field House on 8 November 2007. 1 February 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Asylum policy - Family reunification - Right to family life \| Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
RZ (Eurodac - Fingerprint Match - Admissible) Eritrea v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Manchester on 6 November 2007. 28 January 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Pentecostal - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Safe third country - Standard of proof \| Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
HH & Others (Mogadishu: Armed Conflict: Risk) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department Heard at Field House on 19 to 22 November 2007. This determination supersedes FK (Shekal Ghandershe) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2004] UKIAT 00127 and AA (Risk Geledi - Benadiri Clan) Somalia v. Secretary of State for the Home Department [2002] UKIAT 05720. This determination was superseded by AM & AM (Armed Conflict: Risk Categories) Somalia CG [2008] UKAIT 00091. 28 January 2008 \| Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority \| Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Women-at-risk \| Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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