Burden / standard of proof / Credibility assessment

23 December 2013 | Judicial Body: France: Cour nationale du droit d'asile | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Mental health - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - France

4 April 2013 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Denial of refugee status - Generalized violence | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Italy

Petition for judicial review.

23 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Fresh / New claim - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for judicial review.

9 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political groups - Political parties - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Rejected asylum-seekers | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

19 November 2009 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Prison or detention conditions - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Ireland

2 October 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - New Zealand

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.

17 July 2009 | Judicial Body: Italy: Courts of First Instance | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - Italy

Application for Leave to Appeal under section 103B of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.

19 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No: HX/00528/2005).

24 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Persecution based on political opinion - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal.

13 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Document type: Case Law | 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 | Countries: Congo, Democratic Republic of the - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland