Case Law

16 November 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Social group persecution | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal.

3 March 2010 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Bajuni - Credibility assessment - Gender-based persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Somalia

Application for leave to appeal.

14 October 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 October 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Bajuni - Credibility assessment - Non-state agents of persecution - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) | Countries: Somalia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal.

6 October 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Deportation / Forcible return - Kurd - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Religious persecution (including forced conversion) - Sunni | Countries: Iraq - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Petition for judicial review.

30 April 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Application for leave to appeal against a decision by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal.

23 July 2008 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Political parties - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tajik | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

12 June 2007 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Country of origin information (COI) - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Non-state agents of persecution - Persecution based on political opinion - Persecution of family members - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Tajik | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

1 December 2006 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Court of Session (Scotland) | Topic(s): Arbitrary arrest and detention - Credibility assessment - Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Nuba - Persecution based on political opinion - Racial / Ethnic persecution | Countries: Sudan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland