Burden / standard of proof / Country of origin information (COI)

Heard at Procession House on 16 and 17 October, 24 November 2008; and 7 and 8 May, 9 June, 18 August 2009.

7 July 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Customary law - Domestic violence - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Gender discrimination - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Social group persecution - State protection - Women-at-risk | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No AA/02545/2007).

7 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT No. AA/09621/2005).

24 April 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Dioula - Muslim - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This determination supersedes the following Country Guidance cases:
- Secretary of State for the Home Department v. VG (Coup) Ivory Coast CG [2002] UKIAT 04020; and
- TD-K JK (Relocation of Ex-President Bedie) Ivory Coast v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2002] UKIAT 03140.

23 October 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Muslim - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

23 June 2004 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Involuntary repatriation - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

6 November 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

27 September 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Mental health - Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This determination was superseded by GG (Political Oppositionists) Ivory Coast v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2007] UKAIT 00086, on 23 October 2007.

29 July 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

This determination was superseded by GG (Political Oppositionists) Ivory Coast v. Secretary of State for the Home Department CG [2007] UKAIT 00086, on 23 October 2007.

29 July 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Agents of persecution - Cessation clauses - Country of origin information (COI) - Coup d'état - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members | Countries: Côte d'Ivoire - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland