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

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20 July 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

10 February 2004 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Changes of circumstances in home country - Country of origin information (COI) - Non-state agents of persecution | Countries: New Zealand - Sierra Leone

19 March 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Changes of circumstances in home country - Child soldiers - Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 March 2003 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Public health | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

24 December 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 - Demobilization / Disarmament - Persecution based on political opinion | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3 December 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Abduction - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - IDP camps - Mental health - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

20 August 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - HIV and AIDS - Mental health - Persecution based on political opinion - Public health | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

30 July 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - IDP camps - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to apply for judicial review.

21 December 2001 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Persecution based on political opinion - Social group persecution | Countries: Ireland - Sierra Leone