International law / EU Qualification Directive

27 May 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

The judgment was subsequently appealed before the Supreme Court: [2010] UKSC 49.

23 April 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Complementary forms of protection - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Illegal entry - Non-refoulement - Security situation | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: JM (Homosexuality: Risk) Uganda CG [2008] UKIAT 00065 .

18 November 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Acts of persecution - Criminal justice - EU Qualification Directive - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity - Right to family life - Social group persecution | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Procession House on 22 and 23 July 2009. The determination supersedes the country guidance in GS (Existence of Internal Armed Conflict) Afghanistan CG [2009] UKAIT 00010.

19 October 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Internal armed conflict - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Rejected asylum-seekers - Security situation | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Heard at Birmingham on 22 May 2009.

20 July 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Convention refugee - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - Illegal entry - Mandate status - Residence permits / Residency | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

26 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Cessation clauses - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - EU Qualification Directive - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Refoulement - Refugees | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

On appeal from the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AA/09525/2007 and AA/03993/2007)

24 June 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Appeal (England and Wales) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - EU Qualification Directive - Internal armed conflict - International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions - Rejected asylum-seekers - Security situation | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

31 May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

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.

27 January 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Complementary forms of protection - Country of origin information (COI) - EU Qualification Directive - Internal armed conflict - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Internally displaced persons (IDPs) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Returnees - Sheikhal | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland