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20 February 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae
11 September 2017 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures - Unaccompanied / Separated children | Countries: Afghanistan - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
13 October 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations - Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Exclusion clauses | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
8 September 2016 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) | Document type: Case Law | Legal Instrument: 1951 Refugee Convention | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Crimes against humanity - Exclusion clauses | Countries: Iran, Islamic Republic of - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1 May 2013 | Publisher: National Legislative Bodies / National Authorities | Document type: National Legislation
Heard at North Shields on 6 May 2011.
20 July 2011 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Supreme Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Drug trafficking - Exclusion clauses - National security / Public order - Non-refoulement - Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness | Countries: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Zimbabwe
28 June 2010 | Publisher: Human Rights Watch | Document type: Country Reports
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
Heard at Field House on 12 February, 3 and 9 September 2008.
9 March 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: Asylum and Immigration Tribunal / Immigration Appellate Authority | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Criminal justice - Deportation / Forcible return - Exclusion clauses - National security / Public order - Refoulement - Serious non-political crime | Countries: Eritrea - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
On appeal from the Court of Appeal (England and Wales): [2008] EWCA Civ 14.
4 February 2009 | Judicial Body: United Kingdom: House of Lords (Judicial Committee) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Appeal / Right to appeal - Ashkaelian - Burden of proof - Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) - Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) - Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims - Racial / Ethnic persecution - Roma | Countries: Serbia - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland