Age, gender and diversity / Women-at-risk

Heard at: Field House on 19 June and 23 July 2008.

27 November 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Forced marriage - Harmful traditional practices - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Prostitution / Commercial sex work - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2 September 2008 | Judicial Body: Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Gender discrimination - Malinke / Mandingo - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Australia - Sierra Leone

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.

18 October 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Topic(s): Albinism/Persons with Albinism - Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Sierra Leone - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Immigration Appeal Tribunal.

9 June 2005 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Topic(s): Children-at-risk - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Social group persecution - Women-at-risk | 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 | 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