Case Law

This case is no longer country guidance: SH (Prison Conditions) Bangladesh CG [2008] UKAIT 00076.

8 October 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice | Countries: Bangladesh - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

28 June 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Country of origin information (COI) - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Gross, systematic and large-scale - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prison or detention conditions - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice | Countries: Pakistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

See also: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2004] FC 179 (3 February 2004), and: Lai Cheong Sing and Others v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, [2005] FCA 125 (11 April 2005). Application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed on 9 May 2005.

6 May 2002 | Judicial Body: Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Death penalty - Exclusion clauses - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Grounds for persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice - Serious non-political crime - Social group persecution | Countries: Canada - China

4 April 2002 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Topic(s): Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Prison or detention conditions - Prosecution vs persecution - Right to justice | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

31 January 2001 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Access to procedures - Civil and political rights - Equality before the law - Independence of judiciary - Right to justice - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: Peru

Judgment on merits.

19 November 1999 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Abduction - Children-at-risk - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala

Judment on merits.

18 November 1999 | Judicial Body: Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACrtHR) | Topic(s): Abduction - Children-at-risk - Criminal justice - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Right to justice - Right to liberty and security - Right to life | Countries: Guatemala

Jugement définitif 12 décembre 1999/

27 September 1999 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Topic(s): Armed forces / Military - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) - Right to family life - Right to justice | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland