Burden / standard of proof / Burden of proof

6 December 2012 | Judicial Body: Council of Europe: European Court of Human Rights | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Credibility assessment | Countries: Ethiopia - Sweden

27 November 2012 | Judicial Body: Italy: Court of Appeal (Corte d’Appello) | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Female genital mutilation (FGM) - Gender discrimination - Gender-based persecution - Non-state agents of persecution - Social group persecution - State protection - Well-founded fear of persecution - Women-at-risk | Countries: Italy - Nigeria

Remanded to determine whether respondent could avoid future persecution by relocating to another part of the country and whether, under all the circumstances, it would be reasonable to expect him to do so.

4 October 2012 | Judicial Body: United States Board of Immigration Appeals | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Sri Lanka - United States of America

25 June 2012 | Judicial Body: Ireland: High Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Country of origin information (COI) - Credibility assessment - Rohingya (Arakanese) | Countries: Ireland

17 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

15 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

18 August 2011 | Judicial Body: Australia: Federal Magistrates Court | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Benefit of the doubt - Burden of proof - Credibility assessment - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) | Countries: Australia - Iran, Islamic Republic of

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

Petition for Review of an Order of the Board of Immigration Appeals. Petition granted and case remanded for additional proceedings.

4 March 2011 | Judicial Body: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit | Document type: Case Law | Topic(s): Burden of proof - Jehovah's Witness - Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription - Well-founded fear of persecution | Countries: Armenia - United States of America

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 July 2010 | Judicial Body: Italy: Italian Supreme Court (Corte Suprema di Cassazione) | Document type: Case Law | Countries: Italy - Türkiye