This case replaces AD (Risk - Illegal Departure) Iran CG [2003] UKIAT 00107. The conclusions of the Tribunal were endorsed by the Upper Tribunal in the country guidance case of BA (Demonstrators in Britain risk on return) Iran CG [2011] UKUT 36 (IAC).
16 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Elections - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Opposition - Persecution based on political opinion - Prison or detention conditions - Prosecution vs persecution - Returnees - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Heard at Procession House on 27 & 28 October 2009. The risk categories identified in LP (LTTE area - Tamils - Colombo - Risk?) Sri Lanka CG [2007] UKAIT 00076 and approved by the European Court of Human Rights in NA v. United Kingdom, App. no. 25904/07, remain valid.
11 December 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Combatants / Former combatants - Country of origin information (COI) - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Right to family life - Single heads of household - Tamil - Unlawful departure | Countries: Sri Lanka - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Heard at Field House on 27 February 2009. The guidance in LJ (Prison Conditions No Risk) China [2005] UKIAT 00099 and HL (Risk - Return - Snakeheads) China CG [2002] UKIAT 03683 is still applicable.
20 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Prosecution vs persecution - Rejected asylum-seekers - Unlawful departure | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Heard at Field House on 11 November 2008.
18 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Effective protection - Forced labour - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) - Sexual and reproductive rights - Social group persecution - State protection - Trafficking in persons - Unlawful departure - Women's rights - Women-at-risk | Countries: China - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3 June 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Azeri - Country of origin information (COI) - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand
22 May 2009 | Judicial Body: New Zealand: Refugee Status Appeals Authority | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Jurisdiction - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - New Zealand
Heard at Field House on 29 and 30 October 2008. The country guidance given by the Tribunal in HM (Risk Factors for Burmese Citizens) Burma CG [2006] UKAIT 00012 remains valid.
27 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Passports - Persecution based on political opinion - Sur place persecution - Travel documents - Unlawful departure | Countries: Myanmar - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Application for judicial review.
9 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: High Court (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Asylum policy - Asylum-seekers - Residence permits / Residency - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness - Unlawful departure | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
5 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Jurisdiction - Prosecution vs persecution - Unlawful departure | Countries: Australia - Korea, Republic of
4 March 2009 | Judicial Body: Canada: Federal Court | Topic(s): Unlawful departure - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Canada - Cuba
